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US 7,495,476 · App. 11/831,648 · Granted Feb 24, 2009

Logic circuit, system for reducing a clock skew, and method for reducing a clock skew

Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,495,476
App. No.
11/831,648
Granted
Feb 24, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A logic circuit includes a first flip-flop configured to include a first input terminal introducing a clock, a first output terminal supplying the clock and a first internal wiring connecting the first input terminal and the first output terminal, and a second flip-flop configured to be adjacent to the first flip-flop and be supplied with the clock from the first output terminal.

Claims (12)

1. A logic circuit comprising:

a first flip-flop configured to include a first input terminal introducing a clock signal, a first output terminal supplying the clock signal and a first internal wiring connecting the first input terminal and the first output terminal;

a wiring connected to each output terminal of a plurality of flip-flops adjacent each other and transmitting the clock signal which was amplified by a final stage buffer cell to a plurality of flip-flops; and

a second flip-flop configured to be adjacent to the first flip-flop and be supplied with the clock signal from the first output terminal via the wiring.

2. A system for reducing a clock skew comprising:

a final stage buffer cell specifying unit configured to specify a final stage buffer cell supplying a clock signal in a logic circuit that is subjected to a clock tree synthesis operation;

an F/F specifying unit configured to specify a plurality of flip-flops to which the clock signal is applied from the final stage buffer cell specified by the final stage buffer cell specifying unit; and

an F/F locating unit configured to locate the plurality of flip-flops around the final stage buffer cell.

3. A method for reducing a clock skew comprising:

specifying a final stage buffer cell supplying a clock signal in a logic circuit that is subjected to a clock tree synthesis operation;

specifying a plurality of flip-flops to which the clock signal is applied from the final stage buffer cell specified by the final stage buffer cell specifying unit; and

locating the plurality of flip-flops around the final stage buffer cell.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2004-268539 · Sep 15, 2004 · national
Continuity (2)
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