Patent ID: 8633776

Claim:
A system for performing a clock signal distribution procedure, comprising: a clock generator configured to generate a clock signal that includes electronic timing information to simultaneously control a plurality of different external functional devices that are not integral with said clock generator; a clock load that utilizes said electronic timing information from said clock signal to synchronize one or more system processes in said plurality of different external functional devices that form said clock load; and capacitive coupling means for transferring said clock signal from said clock generator to said clock load, said capacitive coupling means being positioned external to said clock generator to couple said clock signal directly from said clock generator only to said clock load, said capacitive coupling means being implemented during a design selection procedure with a capacitance that provides said clock signal at an optimal common mode voltage level and an optimal clock signal amplitude that are compatible with said clock load, said clock generator generating one or more tank signals, said capacitive coupling means transferring said tank signals to said clock load as clk signals, said capacitive coupling means being implemented without applying bias voltages to said clk signals.