Antonelli, Terry, Stout and Kraus, LLP.
Semiconductor integrated circuit device
In integrated circuit (IC) devices, skew concerns between the clock pulses supplied to different latches hinder high speed operation. An IC device therefor includes a first clock processor means to generate a third clock pulse in response to first and second clock pulses with identical phase and frequency, a second clock processor means to generate a fifth clock pulse in response the third clock pulse and a fourth clock pulse with identical phase and frequency, and first and second latch groups each including a plurality of latches, in which the second clock pulse is generated via a buffer or divider from the third clock pulse, a fourth clock pulse is generated via a buffer or divider from the fifth clock pulse, and the third and fifth clock pulses are supplied to the first and second latch groups via a buffer, respectively.
Renesas Technology Corp.
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