Patent ID: 6563358
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A method for distributing common phase clock signals, the method comprising the step of:providing a forward traveling wave sinusoidal signal and a reverse traveling wave sinusoidal signal on a transmission line, the forward traveling wave sinusoidal signal and the reverse traveling wave sinusoidal signal each having a common frequency and a constant relative phase; tapping the forward traveling wave sinusoidal signal and the reverse traveling wave sinusoidal signal off the transmission line at a plurality of different locations along the transmission line by non-contact coupling the forward traveling wave sinusoidal signal and the reverse traveling wave sinusoidal signal from the transmission line; reconditioning the forward traveling wave sinusoidal signal and the reverse traveling wave sinusoidal signal tapped from the transmission line at each of the plurality of different locations; and adding the reconditioned forward traveling wave sinusoidal signal and the reconditioned reverse traveling wave sinusoidal signal tapped from the transmission line at each of the plurality of different locations so as to form a corresponding plurality of clock signals each having the common frequency and a common phase.