US Patent Issued to SK hynix on Dec. 2 for "Clock distribution network, and semiconductor apparatus and semiconductor system using the clock distribution network" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,630, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Clock distribution network, and semiconductor apparatus and semiconductor system using the clock distribution network" was invented by Ji Hyo Kang (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clock distribution network includes an input control circuit and a clock tree. The input control circuit is configured to generate a control input clock signal based on an input clock signal and a low power mode signal. The clock tree is configured to generate an output clock signal by buffering the control input clock signal. When the low power mode signa...