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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1999
Gilles Gervais, Austin, TX (US);
James D. Wagoner, Georgetown, TX (US);
Stephen D. Weitzel, Round Rock, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A memory clock generator apparatus and method are implemented. The memory clock is generated, “open loop,” from a processor clock. The processor clock is gated into, and propagated through a shift register. A set of outputs tapped off of the shift register is decoded, along with a plurality of control signals, in AND-OR logic to generate a clock output, which may run at a predetermined multiple of the memory clock rate. The clock output may have one of a plurality of ratios of memory clock period to processor clock period. The control signals select the ratio. The clock generator may be started asynchronously, and, additionally, the generator outputs a signal to the processor having an edge that has a predetermined temporal relationship with the start of the clock generator.