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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2011
Kim Schuttenberg, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Franco Ricci, Chandler, AZ (US);
Kim Schuttenberg, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Franco Ricci, Chandler, AZ (US);
Marvell International Ltd., , BM;
Abstract
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with selective shorting are described. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a selective shorting device connected between clock branches. The selective shorting device is configured to selectively electrically connect the clock branches to one another and to selectively electrically disconnect the clock branches from one another. The apparatus also includes a selective shorting control mechanism that controls the selective shorting device to electrically connect the clock branches during a controlling portion of a clock signal. The selective shorting control mechanism is configured to electrically disconnect the clock branches in the absence of the controlling portion.