REDUCING CHIP LATENCY AT A CLOCK BOUNDARY BY REFERENCE CLOCK PHASE ADJUSTMENT

A calibration controller of a receiving chip learns a difference between a first clock phase of an input clock for controlling inputs on a data path to a buffer of the receiving chip at a clock boundary and a second clock phase of a chip clock for controlling outputs from the buffer on the data path...

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Hauptverfasser: Van Huben, Gary A, Carlough, Steven R, HARPER, MICHAEL W, Spear, Michael B, Eickhoff, Susan M
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A calibration controller of a receiving chip learns a difference between a first clock phase of an input clock for controlling inputs on a data path to a buffer of the receiving chip at a clock boundary and a second clock phase of a chip clock for controlling outputs from the buffer on the data path at the clock boundary. The calibration controller dynamically adjusts a phase of a reference clock driving a phase locked loop that outputs the chip clock to adjust the second clock phase of the chip clock with respect to the first clock phase to minimize a latency on the data path at the clock boundary to a half a cycle granularity.