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US08525569B2 Synchronizing global clocks in 3D stacks of integrated circuits by shorting the clock network 有权
通过短时钟网络同步3D堆叠集成电路中的全局时钟

Synchronizing global clocks in 3D stacks of integrated circuits by shorting the clock network
Abstract:
There is provided a clock distribution network for synchronizing global clock signals within a 3D chip stack having two or more strata. On each of the two or more strata, the clock distribution network includes a clock grid having a plurality of sectors for providing the global clock signals to various chip locations, a multiple-level buffered clock tree for driving the clock grid and including at least a root and a plurality of clock buffers, and one or more multiplexers for providing the global clock signals to at least a portion of the buffered clock tree. Inputs of at least some of the plurality of clock buffers on each of the two or more strata are shorted together using chip-to-chip interconnects to reduce skewing of the global clock signals with respect to the various chip locations.
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