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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2007
Spencer M. Gold, Pepperell, MA (US);
Bill K. C. Kwan, Austin, TX (US);
Craig D. Eaton, Austin, TX (US);
Spencer M. Gold, Pepperell, MA (US);
Bill K. C. Kwan, Austin, TX (US);
Craig D. Eaton, Austin, TX (US);
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
A method for producing a plurality of clock signals. The method includes generating a reference clock signal using a phase locked loop (PLL). The reference clock signal is then provided to each of a plurality of clock divider units which each divide the received reference clock signal to produce a corresponding divided clock signal. The method then removes one or more clock cycles (per a given number of cycles) in order to produce a plurality of domain clock signals each having an effective frequency based on a frequency and a number of cycles removed from the correspondingly received divided clock signal.