Apparatus, system, and method for oscillator network with multiple parallel oscillator circuits
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- multiple modules comprising an internal oscillator circuit located on a substrate, wherein at least one of said multiple modules comprises an input port; and
an oscillator network located external to said multiple modules, said oscillator network coupled to at least one of said internal oscillator circuits through said input port, said oscillator network to provide a reference frequency to said oscillator circuit;
wherein said internal oscillator circuit is to generate a reference frequency signal.
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Abstract
A system, apparatus, and method to connect an oscillator network to multiple parallel oscillator circuits. The apparatus may include multiple modules located within a platform, where each of the multiple modules includes an internal oscillator circuit and the platform includes an input port; and an oscillator network located external to the platform. The oscillator network is coupled to each of said internal oscillator circuits through the input port. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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multiple modules comprising an internal oscillator circuit located on a substrate, wherein at least one of said multiple modules comprises an input port; and
an oscillator network located external to said multiple modules, said oscillator network coupled to at least one of said internal oscillator circuits through said input port, said oscillator network to provide a reference frequency to said oscillator circuit;
wherein said internal oscillator circuit is to generate a reference frequency signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system, comprising:
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an antenna;
a substrate coupled to said antenna, said substrate comprising an input port;
multiple modules located within said substrate, wherein each of said multiple modules comprises an internal oscillator circuit; and
an oscillator network coupled to each of said internal oscillator circuits through said input port, said oscillator network to provide a reference frequency to said oscillator circuit;
wherein said internal oscillator circuit is to generate a reference frequency signal. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method, comprising:
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generating a frequency reference external to multiple oscillator circuits located on a substrate;
providing said external frequency reference to said multiple oscillator circuits located within multiple modules on said substrate; and
generating a clock signal by each of said multiple oscillator circuits based on said external frequency reference. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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