Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Error checking for primary signal transmitted between first and second clock domains
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Application No.: US15989228Application Date: 2018-05-25
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Publication No.: US10761561B2Publication Date: 2020-09-01
- Inventor: Saira Samar Malik , David Joseph Hawkins , Andrew David Tune , Guanghui Geng , Julian Jose Hilgemberg Pontes
- Applicant: Arm Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: Arm Limited
- Current Assignee: Arm Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F1/12
- IPC: G06F1/12 ; G06F30/39

Abstract:
An apparatus and method for transmitting signals between two clock domains in which at least one of a phase and a frequency of clock signals in the two clock domains is misaligned. The apparatus includes a first primary interface and a first redundant interface in the first clock domain for receiving a primary signal and a first checking signal respectively, and a second primary interface and second redundant interface in the second clock domain for outputting the primary signal and a second redundant signal respectively. The primary signal and the checking signals are separated by a predetermined time delay and the second checking signal is generated in the second clock domain based on the primary signal. Checking circuitry is provided in the second clock domain to perform an error checking procedure based on the two checking signals and to provide the second checking signal to the second redundant interface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190361486A1 ERROR CHECKING FOR PRIMARY SIGNAL TRANSMITTED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND CLOCK DOMAINS Public/Granted day:2019-11-28
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