Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus for autonomous security and functional safety of clock and voltages including adjustment of a divider ratio
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Application No.: US17087414Application Date: 2020-11-02
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Publication No.: US11461504B2Publication Date: 2022-10-04
- Inventor: Nasser Kurd , Praveen Mosalikanti , Thripthi Hegde , Mark Neidengard , Vaughn Grossnickle , Qi S. Wang , Kandadai Ramesh
- Applicant: Intel Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F21/70
- IPC: G06F21/70 ; H03K5/24 ; H03K21/08 ; G06F1/28 ; G06F1/06 ; H03L7/093 ; H03L7/099

Abstract:
An apparatus is provided for autonomous security and functional safety (FUSA) of clock and voltages. The apparatus may include: a multiplexer having a first input communicatively coupled to a pin to receive a first clock external to a die, and a second input coupled to an output of a divider; an oscillator to provide a second clock; and a counter coupled to an output of the multiplexer and the oscillator, wherein the counter is to operate with the second clock and is to determine a frequency of the first clock. The apparatus may further include a voltage monitor circuitry for monitoring voltage(s) for FUSA, a reference generator for FUSA, a duty cycle monitor for FUSA, a frequency degradation monitor for FUSA, and a phase error degradation monitor for FUSA.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210049307A1 APPARATUS FOR AUTONOMOUS SECURITY AND FUNCTIONAL SAFETY OF CLOCK AND VOLTAGES Public/Granted day:2021-02-18
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