An optical clock distribution network for gigascale integration

Proceedings of the IEEE 2000 International Interconnect Technology Conference, IITC 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 6-8

  Mule, A V ^a   Schultz, S M ^a,b   Gaylord, T K ^a   Meindl, J D ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOCKS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INTERCONNECTS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

CLOCK DISTRIBUTION; CMOS RECEIVERS; GIGASCALE INTEGRATION; OPTICAL CLOCK DISTRIBUTIONS; OPTICAL OUTPUT POWER; OPTICAL SIGNALS; SYSTEM-LEVEL MODELING; VOLUME GRATINGS;

CLOCK DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS;

EID: 84962905635     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IITC.2000.854081     Document Type: Conference Paper

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