Implementing broadband resonator for resonant clock distribution

A design structure embodied in a machine readable medium used in a design process, the design structure comprising:

• a circuit tangibly embodied in the machine readable medium used in the design process, said circuit for implementing a broadband resonator for resonant clock distribution, said circuit comprising:
• a pair of first inductors;
• a second inductor and a capacitor coupled between a respective first end of the respective first inductors;
• an opposite free end of the respective first inductors connected to a respective clock transmission line and connected in parallel to a load capacitance of a clock distribution system forming the broadband resonator;
• and
• the broadband resonator having a frequency response including two poles and a zero in a predefined frequency band of the resonant clock distribution system, when read and used in the manufacture of a semiconductor chip produces a chip comprising said circuit.

A method for implementing a broadband resonator for resonant clock distribution comprising:

• providing a pair of first inductors;
• providing a second inductor and a capacitor coupled between a respective first end of the respective first inductors;
• providing an opposite free end of the respective first inductors connected to a respective clock transmission line and connected in parallel to a load capacitance of a clock distribution system forming the broadband resonator;
• and
• providing the broadband resonator with a frequency response including two poles and a zero in a predefined frequency band of the resonant clock distribution system.