Clock generating circuit and method thereof
AssigneeHoltek Semiconductor Inc.
InventorsKuo-Cheng Yu, Tyng-Yuan Luh
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Abstract
A clock generating circuit and method therefor are provided, which includes a control unit, a first oscillating module, a second oscillating module, a status control unit, and a multiplexer. The control unit is used for outputting a first control signal and a second control signal so as to drive the first oscillating module and the second oscillating module to generate or stop from a first clock signal and a second signal to the multiplexer. The status control unit is used for judging whether the second clock signal approaches a stable state, for controlling the multiplexer to output selectively the first clock signal or the second clock signal so as to maintain the stable state of a clock outputting by the multiplexer for all the time
Claims17
A clock generating circuit, comprising:
- a control unit, having a first signal receiving end and a second signal receiving end, wherein the first signal receiving end for receiving a transmission signal, the second signal receiving end for receiving a third control signal and the control unit for outputting a first control signal and a second control signal;
- a first oscillating module, used for receiving the first control signal, for outputting or stopping from generating a first clock signal in accordance with the first control signal lying in an enable status or a disable status;
- a second oscillating module, used for receiving the second control signal, for outputting or stopping from generating a second clock signal in accordance with the second control signal lying in an enable status or a disable status;
- a status control unit, used for receiving the second clock signal, and outputting the third control signal that being a non-stationary signal or a stationary signal, for controlling the control unit;
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- a multiplexer, used for receiving the first clock signal and the second clock signal, and selectively outputting the first clock signal or the second clock signal in accordance with the received third control signal;
- wherein a vibration-generating velocity of the first oscillating module is faster than that of the second oscillating module, and a frequency error of the first clock signal is larger than that of the second clock signal.
A clock generating method, comprising steps of:
- outputting a first control signal and a second control signal, for which a transmission signal is received by a first signal receiving end of a control unit and a third control signal is received by a second signal receiving end of the control unit;
- outputting or stopping from generating a first clock signal in accordance with the first control signal lying in an enable status or a disable status, for which the first control signal is received by a first oscillating module;
- outputting or stopping from generating a second clock signal in accordance with the second control signal lying in an enable status or a disable status, for which the second control signal received by a second oscillating module;
- outputting the third control signal comprising a non-stationary signal and a stationary signal, for which the second clock signal is received by a status control unit;
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- outputting selectively the first clock signal or the second clock signal in accordance with the third control signal, for which the first clock signal and the second clock signal are received by a multiplexer;
- wherein a vibration-generating velocity of the first oscillating module is faster than that of the second oscillating module, and a frequency error of the first clock signal is larger than that of the second clock signal.
A control method of a clock generating circuit with a control unit, comprising:
- entering a halt mode when a halt signal received by the control unit for outputting a first control signal with a disable status and a second control signal with a disable status, so as to let a third control signal to be a non-stationary signal;
- entering a vibration-generating mode when a wake-up signal is received by the control unit for outputting the first control signal with the enable status and the second control signal with the enable status, so as to let the third control signal to be a non-stationary signal;
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- entering a stabilization mode, and meanwhile, the third control signal being the stationary signal for outputting the first control signal with the disable status and the second control signal with the enable status.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.