Clock distributing apparatus having V/I and I/V converters
US5774007A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 16, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jun 30, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03K5/133
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A clock distributing apparatus which can decrease the clock skew and can prevent the swing of a signal on clock transmission lines and can achieve a low power consumption, a lower noise of a power supply, and a high speed operation, wherein converts clock signals adjusted in phase to the same phase as a reference clock by a PLL circuit to current signals by voltage/current converters and sends the current signals to clock transmission lines and converts the current signals transmitted to the clock transmission lines to voltage signals by current/voltage converters and sends the voltage signals to circuit blocks of an integrated circuit.
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