• DocumentCode
    3413976
  • Title

    A 4.6GHz resonant global clock distribution network

  • Author

    Chan, S.C. ; Restle, P.J. ; Shepard, Kenneth L. ; James, N.K. ; Franch, R.L.

  • Author_Institution
    Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    15-19 Feb. 2004
  • Firstpage
    342
  • Abstract
    A resonant global clock-distribution network operating at 4.6GHz is designed in a 90nm 1.0V CMOS technology. Unique to this approach is the set of on-chip spiral inductors that resonate with the clock capacitance, resulting in 20% recycling of global clock power.
  • Keywords
    CMOS digital integrated circuits; clocks; inductors; timing jitter; 1.0 V; 4.6 GHz; CMOS technology; clock capacitance; clock edge uncertainty; global clock power recycling; jitter reduction; lumped circuit model; on-chip spiral inductors; resonant global clock distribution network; sector clock buffer; Capacitance; Circuit testing; Clocks; Frequency; Hardware; Inductors; Jitter; Resonance; Semiconductor device measurement; Spirals;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2004. Digest of Technical Papers. ISSCC. 2004 IEEE International
  • ISSN
    0193-6530
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8267-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISSCC.2004.1332734
  • Filename
    1332734