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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Steven J. Kommrusch, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Zihno Jusufovic, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 21/00 (2006.01); H03K 23/00 (2006.01); H03K 25/00 (2006.01); H03K 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 21/023 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and fabrication techniques relating to management of noise arising from capacitance in a clock tree of an integrated circuit. In some embodiments, the methods comprise receiving a signal to adjust a clock having a first rate to a second rate; and ramping, in response to receiving the signal, the clock from the first rate to the second rate, wherein the ramping comprises changing the frequency of the clock to at least one third rate between the first and second rates.