• DocumentCode
    2868118
  • Title

    A 1-to-2GHz 4-Phase On-Chip Clock Generator with Timing-Margin Test Capability

  • Author

    Kaeriyama, Shunichi ; Kajita, Mikihiro ; Mizuno, Masayuki

  • Author_Institution
    NEC, Sagamihara
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    11-15 Feb. 2007
  • Firstpage
    174
  • Lastpage
    594
  • Abstract
    A clock generator fabricated in 90nm CMOS occupies 300times128mum2 die area and dissipates 40mW at 1.2V. An interleaved clock-edge control technique extends the frequency tuning range and enables control of both rising and falling edge timing. A clock-period dithering technique enhances frequency tuning resolution. Disturbance-control functions that control jitter, duty cycle, and clock skew make timing margin testing possible
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; clocks; timing; 1 to 2 GHz; 1.2 V; 40 mW; 90 nm; CMOS; clock skew; clock-period dithering; disturbance-control functions; duty cycle control; falling edge timing; interleaved clock-edge control; jitter control; on chip clock generator; rising edgae timing; timing margin testing; timing-margin test capability; Automatic control; Automatic testing; Circuit testing; Clocks; Frequency synchronization; Jitter; Logic testing; National electric code; Pulse generation; Timing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2007. ISSCC 2007. Digest of Technical Papers. IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • ISSN
    0193-6530
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0853-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0193-6530
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISSCC.2007.373350
  • Filename
    4242321