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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2005
You-ming Chiu, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Yung-chieh Yu, Hsin-Chu Hsien, TW;
You-Ming Chiu, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Yung-Chieh Yu, Hsin-Chu Hsien, TW;
Mediatek Incorporation, Hsin-Chu Hsien, TW;
Abstract
A clock distribution apparatus for providing a local clock signal having a first voltage swing to a circuit unit being on a same substrate includes a global clock distribution network for generating and distributing a global clock signal having a second voltage swing being less than the first voltage swing; and a local clock converting unit being electrically connected between the global clock distribution network and the circuit unit. The local clock converting unit includes a level shifter for converting the global clock signal into the local clock signal.