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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:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 04, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Janice M. Adams, Jericho, VT (US);
Keith M. Carrig, Jericho, VT (US);
Roger P. Gregor, Endicott, NY (US);
Daniel R. Menard, Williston, VT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/04 ; H03K 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/04 ; H03K 3/00 ;
Abstract
An integrated circuit chip comprises a plurality of clock distribution sub-networks each including a clock input for receiving a clock signal, each of the clock distribution sub-networks having a capacitance, as seen from the clock input, substantially equivalent to others of the clock distribution sub-networks; and a structured clock buffer having a size based on a load of the clock distribution sub-networks, and providing the clock signal to the clock distribution sub-networks.