Clock monitoring circuit
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHaejung Choi, Youngbin Kwon, Donghun Heo
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Abstract
A clock monitoring circuit includes a clock enable signal generator configured to generate an ultra-high frequency clock enable signal based on a clock enable control signal and a reference clock signal, and an ultra-high frequency detector configured to generate an ultra-high frequency determination signal indicating whether a selection clock signal is an ultra-high frequency signal, based on the selection clock signal, the ultra-high frequency clock enable signal, and the reference clock signal.
Claims7
A clock monitoring circuit configured to monitor a selection clock signal, the clock monitoring circuit comprising:
- a clock enable signal generator configured to generate a high-frequency clock enable signal, a low-frequency clock enable signal, and an ultra-high frequency clock enable signal based on a clock enable control signal and a reference clock signal;
- a high-frequency detector configured to generate a high-frequency count value by counting the selection clock signal based on the high-frequency clock enable signal and generate a high-frequency determination signal, which indicates whether the selection clock signal is a high-frequency signal, based on the high-frequency count value;
- a low-frequency detector configured to generate a low-frequency count value by counting the selection clock signal based on the low-frequency clock enable signal and generate a low-frequency determination signal based on the low-frequency count value, the low-frequency determination signal indicating whether the selection clock signal is a low-frequency signal;
- an ultra-high frequency detector configured to generate an ultra-high frequency determination signal based on the selection clock signal, the ultra-high frequency clock enable signal, and the reference clock signal, the ultra-high frequency determination signal indicating whether the selection clock signal is an ultra-high frequency signal;
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- a random frequency detector configured to generate a random frequency determination signal based on the high-frequency clock enable signal and the high-frequency count value, the random frequency determination signal indicating whether frequency shift has occurred to the selection clock signal.
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