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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2023
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Madusudanan Srinivasan Gopalan, Issaquah, WA (US);
Christopher A. Schell, Tacoma, WA (US);
Robert Karl Butler, Issaquah, WA (US);
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
In an example, a system includes one or more clock channels on a clock chip, each clock channel configured to provide a clock signal. The system also includes a signal line coupled to the one or more clock channels, the signal line configured to send clock signals to and receive clock signals from each clock channel. The system includes a controller configured to select a first clock signal from a first clock channel to drive the signal line. The system also includes divider timing synchronization circuitry in a second clock channel configured to align a second clock signal from the second clock channel with the first clock signal.