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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2007
Juang-ying Chueh, Auburndale, MA (US);
Jerry Kao, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Visvesh Sathe, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Marios C. Papaefthymiou, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Juang-Ying Chueh, Auburndale, MA (US);
Jerry Kao, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Visvesh Sathe, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Marios C. Papaefthymiou, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a digital system that includes a distribution network to carry a reference clock, and a circuit domain coupled to the distribution network to receive the reference clock for synchronous operation in accordance with the reference clock. The circuit domain includes a clock generator driven by the reference clock to generate a resonant clock signal, an input port to receive a control signal, and a gate coupled to the input port to discontinue application of the resonant clock signal within the circuit domain based on the control signal.