摘要 |
Clock generation circuit and method of generating clock signals. The clock generation circuit includes an inverter directly receiving an external clock signal and outputting an inverted external clock signal, M (where M is an integer >=1) loop circuits arranged in series, the first loop circuit receiving the inverted external clock signal, each of the N loop circuits having n (where n is an integer >=2) nodes, each of the M-1 loop circuits generating n intermediate internal clock signals, each at a corresponding one of the n nodes, wherein a frequency of the n intermediate internal clock signals is a multiple of a frequency of the external clock signal and the inverted external clock signal; and n sets of inverters, each including M-1 inverters connected in series, each of the M-1 inverters receiving a corresponding intermediate internal clock signal from a previous loop circuit and outputting a corresponding intermediate internal clock signal to a next loop circuit.
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