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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2012
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Thomas J. Bucelot, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Alan Drake, Austin, TX (US);
Joshua D. Friedrich, Round Rock, TX (US);
Jason D. Hibbeler, Williston, VT (US);
Liang-Teck Pang, White Plains, NY (US);
William R. Reohr, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Phillip John Restle, Katonah, NY (US);
Gregory S. Still, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael G. R. Thomson, Bedford, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Described is an integrated circuit having a clock distribution network capable of transitioning from a non-resonant clock mode to a first resonant clock mode Transitions between clock modes or between various resonant clock frequencies are done gradually over a series of clock cycles. In example, when transitioning from a non-resonant clock mode to a first resonant clock mode, a strength of a clock sector driver is reduced over a series of clock cycles, and individual ones of a plurality of resonant switches associated with resonant circuits are modified in coordination with reducing the strength of the clock sector driver.