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Clock jitter detector

US7587650B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 8, 2006
Grant dateSep 8, 2009
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Expiry dateMar 3, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F1/10
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A detector to detect the magnitude of the jitter that may occur in a first clock signal and a second clock signal and to generate an alarm signal if the magnitude of the jitter exceeds the threshold value. The detector comprises a one-hot register storing a one-hot value comprising a first logic bit (=1) centered around one or more second logic bits (=0). The detector comprises a threshold register storing a threshold value comprising one or more second logic bits centered around one or more first logic bits. An event of a first clock rotates the contents of the one-hot value and an event of a second clock rotates the contents of the threshold value. A match between the pre-specified bit of the one-hot value and the threshold value indicates the occurrence of the jitter having a magnitude greater than the threshold value.

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