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Electronic circuitry

US7764130B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 9, 2004
Grant dateJul 27, 2010
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Expiry dateDec 9, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/13091
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A clock distribution system that includes a length of two-conductor transmission line driven differentially at one end and terminated at the other end, a plurality of regeneration devices, and a plurality of regeneration device pairs. The two-conductor transmission line is arranged in a serpentine configuration with a number of locations at which portions of the transmission line come physically close to each other. The regeneration devices are located at various spaced-apart positions on the transmission line and operate to provide energy to a wave traveling on the transmission line. Each of the regeneration device pairs is connected between the transmission line portions that are physically close to each other so as to cause a traveling wave on adjacent portions of the line to have opposite phases.

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