Patent ID: 8341452
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of receiving pre-skewed electronic data, the method comprising: propagating a phase of a clock signal along two paths of a clock tree each having a first node and a second node, the two paths being embodied in a single integrated circuit, the two paths each including one or more lines, at least one of the one or more lines having one or more segments with respective lengths configured to delay the clock signal by an amount corresponding to the respective length; extracting a first phase of the clock signal at the first node of each of the two paths, the first nodes being substantially the same distance as one another from a clock tree input along each of the two paths; extracting a second phase of the same clock signal at the second node of each of the two paths, the second nodes being substantially the same distance as one another from a clock tree input along each of the two paths, the second phase being different than the first phase; and receiving electronic data comprising a data group including a first group of pre-skewed data elements and a second group of pre-skewed data elements, wherein the pre-skewed data elements of the first group are received at the first phase and the pre-skewed data elements of the second group are received at the second phase.