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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2005
Anthony Richard Bonaccio, Shelburne, VT (US);
John Maxwell Cohn, Richmond, VT (US);
Alvar Antonio Dean, Groton, MA (US);
Amir H. Farrahi, Peekskill, NY (US);
David J. Hathaway, Underhill Center, VT (US);
Sebastian Theodore Ventrone, South Burlington, VT (US);
Anthony Richard Bonaccio, Shelburne, VT (US);
John Maxwell Cohn, Richmond, VT (US);
Alvar Antonio Dean, Groton, MA (US);
Amir H. Farrahi, Peekskill, NY (US);
David J. Hathaway, Underhill Center, VT (US);
Sebastian Theodore Ventrone, South Burlington, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A differential sinusoidal signal pair is generated on an integrated circuit (IC). The differential sinusoidal signal pair is distributed to clock receiver circuits, which may be differential amplifiers. The clock receiver circuits receive the differential sinusoidal signal pair and convert the differential sinusoidal pair to local clock signals. Power consumption and noise generation are reduced as compared to conventional clock signal distribution arrangements.