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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2008
Applicants:
Yuen H. Chan, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Rolf Sautter, Bondorf, DE;
Michael J. Lee, Austin, TX (US);
Juergen Pille, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Yuen H. Chan, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Rolf Sautter, Bondorf, DE;
Michael J. Lee, Austin, TX (US);
Juergen Pille, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03H 11/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/04 (2006.01); H03K 17/284 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A programmable Local Clock Buffer has a single inverter between the clock input and the delayed clock output. A transistor switch modulates the single inverter stage between a clock signal transmit state and a non-transmitting state. A combination of delay select bits control the timing of the beginning and ending of the transmit state of the inverter relative to the clock input via the transistor switch.