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A Novel Clock Distribution Technology ? Multisource Clock Tree System (MCTS)

Nikhil Patel

The Heart of any chip is “Clock”. The clock works inside the integrated circuit like the heart in human body. Virtually every digital circuit relies on a highly accurate, highly stable, cyclical clock to control all data movement and processing being done by the various functional blocks on the chip. Clock network design is a critical task in the design of high performance circuits because both the performance and the functionality of the circuit depend directly on the characteristics of the clock network. A multisource Clock Tree System (MCTS) is a hybrid containing the best aspects of a conventional clock tree and a clock mesh.