Patent ID: 7930652

Claim:
A method performed on a computer for arranging a physical array of rotary traveling wave oscillators (RTWOs), said physical array including a number of RTWOs having interconnections therebetween, said array providing timing signals for circuitry occupying an area covered by the array and operating at a target frequency, the method comprising: dividing the area covered by the array into a plurality of regions, wherein each region has an area whose size is such that there is negligible transmission line delay across the region's area at the target operating frequency; dividing the perimeters of each region's area into a number of segments, each being a pair of conductors and short enough to be approximated by a lumped line inductance, capacitance and resistance; for each segment of each region, using the computer to determine one or more parameters of the segment to give the segment a propagation delay equal to a fraction of the target operating frequency; determining a number of odd cross-overs of the pair of conductors to minimize cross-talk; specifying the number of RTWOs needed to cover the array area and the interconnections therebetween; and displaying, on visual output device connected to the computer, the arranged physical array of RTWOs.