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Clock circuitry for functionally safe systems

US10585449B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 15, 2019
Grant dateMar 10, 2020
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Expiry dateJan 15, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03L7/0991
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Various implementations described herein refer to an integrated circuit having a clock generator providing a clock signal. The integrated circuit may include a block having a block boundary, and the block receives the clock signal from the clock generator and provides the clock signal along a clock-tree. The integrated circuit may include a plurality of sub-blocks disposed within the block boundary of the block, and each sub-block of the plurality of sub-blocks receives the clock signal from within the block boundary of the block via the clock-tree, and diverges the clock signal into a first clock signal and a second clock signal from within a sub-block boundary of each sub-block.

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