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Automatic frequency monitoring circuit, electronic device, automatic frequency monitoring method, and automatic frequency monitoring program

US8311169B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 24, 2007
Grant dateNov 13, 2012
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Expiry dateMar 6, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L7/0079
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An automatic frequency monitoring circuit automatically monitors a frequency of a clock related to an operation of a device to be monitored. In the automatic frequency monitoring circuit, a frequency detecting unit detects, upon detecting a predetermined momentum, the frequencies of a monitoring target clock during a predetermined time for a predetermined number of times and treats as a detection frequency of the monitoring target clock, an average of the frequencies that are detected for the predetermined number of times. A frequency monitoring unit monitors, upon the frequency detecting unit detecting the detection frequency of the monitoring target clock, whether the frequency of the monitoring target clock during the predetermined time is within a predetermined fluctuation range based on the detection frequency.

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