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Integrated circuit clocking technique and circuit therefor

US5668492A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 13, 1996
Grant dateSep 16, 1997
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Expiry dateMar 13, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R31/318552
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A globally distributed system clock is received and selectively gated by local clock generators responsive to global control signals. The local clock generators, which are located proximately to sequential circuits having serial scan paths, produce scan and functional clock signals adapted to the sequential circuits, which may have a variety of required timing diagrams.

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