Uniform-phase uniform-amplitude resonant-load global clock distributions

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 102-109

  Chan, Steven C ^a   Shepard, Kenneth L ^a   Restle, Phillip J ^b  

^a Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clock distribution; Inductance; Jitter; Resonant clocking; Skew; Timing circuits

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; JITTER; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RESONANCE; TIMING CIRCUITS;

CLOCK DISTRIBUTION; RESONANT CLOCKING; SKEW;

ELECTRIC INDUCTORS;

EID: 11944274850     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2004.838005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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