Clock power distribution arrangement for high speed logic systems

Claim 1

A DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING A PLURALITY OF HIGH FREQUENCY ELECTRICAL SIGNALS IN PHASE SYNCHRONISM COMPRISING: (A) A TRANSMISSION LINE HAVING AN ELECTRICAL LENGTH ON THE ORDER OF AN INTEGRAL MULTIPLE OF QUARTER WAVELENGTHS OF SAID ELECTRICAL SIGNALS AND NON-DISSIPATIVELY TERMINATED SO AS TO PROVIDE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE ENERGY REFLECTION AT SAID HIGH FREQUENCY, THEREBY GENERATING A STANDING WAVE PATTERN ALONG SAID LINE, (B) MEANS FOR COUPLING A SOURCE OF ENERGY AT SAID HIGH FREQUENCY TO SAID LINE FOR GENERATING SAID STANDING WAVE PATTERN, AND (C) A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT MEANS COUPLED ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID LINE FOR DERIVING FROM THE STANDING WAVE PATTERN SAID PHASE SYNCHRONOUS ELECTRICAL SIGNALS, SAID OUTPUT MEANS ONLY SLIGHTLY LOADING DOWN THE LINE AND THUS NOT APPRECIABLY DISTURBING SAID STANDING WAVE PATTERN.