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Main Clock

To the right of the crosshair is one thick wire, which is the mclk signal distribution (we think so).

At the top and bottom are two special blocks, designed to distribute the amplified CLK across the entire surface of the chip.

mclk_distrib

Top mclk super buffer:

Poly M1 M2
mclk_top_poly mclk_top_m1 mclk_top_m1(2) mclk_top_m2

Bottom mclk super buffer (symmetrical to the upper one):

Poly M1 M2
TBD mclk_bot_m1 mclk_bot_m2

The outputs from the two super buffers are short-circuited and feed the main mclk rail.

In large scale chips, the CLK layout is usually called the Clock Tree: multiple clusters of DFF and other always (@CLK) sensitive blocks are symmetrically connected to a common CLK wire to minimize the Jitter effect.

mclk_closeup