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US07826579B2 Method and apparatus for generating synchronization signals for synchronizing multiple chips in a system
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用于产生用于同步系统中的多个芯片的同步信号的方法和装置
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for generating synchronization signals for synchronizing multiple chips in a system
- Patent Title (中): 用于产生用于同步系统中的多个芯片的同步信号的方法和装置
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Application No.: US11363871Application Date: 2006-02-28
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Publication No.: US07826579B2Publication Date: 2010-11-02
- Inventor: Charlie C. Hwang , Wiren D. Becker , Timothy G. McNamara , Ching-Lung Tong
- Applicant: Charlie C. Hwang , Wiren D. Becker , Timothy G. McNamara , Ching-Lung Tong
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Agent William Kinnaman, Jr.
- Main IPC: H04L7/00
- IPC: H04L7/00

Abstract:
A clock generator circuit for generating synchronization signals for a multiple chip system. The clock generator circuit comprises generation of a synchronization signal from a reference clock and chip global clock with edge detection logic. In high performance server system design with multiple chips, a common practice for server systems is to use feedback clock and delayed reference clock to generate the synchronization signal. The generated synchronization signal is transferred to latches clocked by the global clock to be used for chip synchronization functions. As the system clock frequency is pushed higher, the phase difference between generated synchronization signal clocked by feedback clock and receiving latch clocked by global clock is becoming such a large portion of cycle time that this signal cannot be transferred deterministically. This invention resolves the uncertainty problem and allows the synchronization signals to be generated deterministically independent of the chip global clock cycle time.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060182212A1 Method and apparatus for generating synchronization signals for synchronizing multiple chips in a system Public/Granted day:2006-08-17
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