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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
May. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pradeep R. Trivedi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sudhakar Bobba, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ; G06F 9/45 ; H01L 2/3552 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ; G06F 9/45 ; H01L 2/3552 ;
Abstract
A technique that uses active shields to reduce clock skew is provided. The technique uses a shield wire for shielding the signal wire, a driver stage for driving a leading clock signal on the shielding wire, and a signal wire buffer for driving a lagging clock signal on the signal wire, where the leading clock signal is driven onto the first shield wire a phase difference before the lagging clock signal is driven onto the signal wire.