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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2012
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ruchir Saraswat, Swindon, GB;
Uwe Zillmann, Braunschweig, DE;
Andre Schaefer, Braunschweig, DE;
Tor Lund-Larsen, Braunschweig, DE;
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Resonant clocking for three-dimensional stacked devices. An embodiment of an apparatus includes a stack including integrated circuit dies; and through silicon vias through at least one of the dies, wherein at least a first through silicon via of the through silicon vias includes a capacitive structure or an inductive structure, the first through silicon via being formed in a first die of the plurality of dies. The apparatus includes a resonant circuit, the first through silicon via used as a first circuit element of the resonant circuit.