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- Patent Title: Powering clock tree circuitry using internal voltages
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Application No.: US16271679Application Date: 2019-02-08
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Publication No.: US11132015B2Publication Date: 2021-09-28
- Inventor: Kenji Asaki , Shuichi Tsukada
- Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Applicant Address: US ID Boise
- Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Current Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Boise
- Agency: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
- Main IPC: G06F1/08
- IPC: G06F1/08 ; H03B5/12 ; G06F1/28 ; G06F1/06 ; G06F13/16 ; G06F13/00 ; G06F1/04 ; G06F1/10

Abstract:
In some embodiments, clock input buffer circuitry and divider circuitry use a combination of externally-suppled voltages and internally-generated voltages to provide the various clock signals used by a semiconductor device. For example, a clock input buffer is configured to provide second complementary clock signals responsive to received first complementary clock signals using cross-coupled buffer circuitry coupled to a supply voltage and to drive the first complementary clock signals using driver circuitry coupled to an internal voltage. In another example, a divider circuitry may provide divided clock signals based on the second complementary clock signals via a divider coupled to the internal voltage and to drive the divided clock signals using driver circuitry coupled to the supply voltage. A magnitude of the supply voltage may be less than a magnitude of the internal voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200257331A1 POWERING CLOCK TREE CIRCUITRY USING INTERNAL VOLTAGES Public/Granted day:2020-08-13
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