Freescale Semiconductor,inc.

Nxp Usa, Inc.

Bernard Pechaud

Eric Pierre Rolland

Philippe Meunier

Salem Boudjelel

Eric Rolland

An integrated circuit device comprises at least one clock monitor. The at least one clock monitor comprises a timer arranged to receive a clock signal, generate a first timing signal arranged to toggle between states in response to a trigger edge of the clock signal, and generate a second timing signal arranged to toggle between states in response to a trigger edge of the clock signal such that a state transition of the second timing signal in response to a trigger edge of the clock signal is delayed by a period T with respect to the trigger edge of the clock signal in response to which that transition occurs. The at least one clock monitor further comprises a detector arranged to receive at a first input thereof the first timing signal, receive at a second input thereof the second timing signal, compare states of the first and second timing signals, and configure an indication of a timing discrepancy based at least partly on the comparison of the first and second timing signals.

Integrated circuit device, electronic device and method for detecting timing violations within a clock signal

A regulator system for modulating a field current of an alternator device, comprises logic arranged to receive or generate a reference signal comparison logic arranged to compare a received alternator output indication to the reference signal; and generate a field current modulation signal at least partially based on the comparison of the received alternator output indication and the reference signal. The regulator system further comprises logic arranged to receive at least one temperature indication. The regulator system comprises thermal compensation logic arranged to determine whether an indicated temperature exceeds at least a first threshold, and upon determining that the indicated temperature exceeds at least the first threshold, to apply compensation to the reference signal, the amount by which the reference signal is compensated is at least partly dependant on the amount by which the indicated temperature exceeds the first threshold.

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Bernard Pechaud