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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2017
Applicant:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ramanand Venkata, Fremont, CA (US);
Dana How, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Christopher Lane, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/04 (2006.01); H03L 7/08 (2006.01); H03L 7/081 (2006.01); H03K 5/159 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/0807 (2013.01); H03K 5/159 (2013.01); H03L 7/0812 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for distributing clocks or other signals on an integrated circuit. In some aspects, one or more distributed deskewing objects are provisioned for reducing or eliminating skew while linking multiple clock distribution segments into one clock tree of an arbitrary shape and size.