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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marvin D Bausman, Chippewa Falls, WI (US);
Steven S Chen, Chippewa Falls, WI (US);
Edward C Priest, Eau Claire, WI (US);
Douglas C Paffel, Stanley, WI (US);
Assignee:
Cray Research, Inc., Fagan, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ; H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359140 ; 359158 ; 359162 ; 359163 ; 375356 ; 385 24 ; 395550 ; 327292 ; 327295 ;
Abstract
An optical clock distribution method and apparatus is disclosed that minimizes clock skew in the distribution of clock signals to logic assemblies in a computer system. The logic assemblies convert the optical signals into equivalent electrical signals.