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Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2020
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Paul Paternoster, Los Altos, CA (US);

Sharat Ippili, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/099 (2006.01); H03L 7/07 (2006.01); H03L 7/097 (2006.01); G06F 1/08 (2006.01); G06F 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/08 (2013.01); G06F 1/10 (2013.01); H03L 7/07 (2013.01); H03L 7/097 (2013.01); H03L 7/0995 (2013.01);
Abstract

A circuit includes a phase-locked loop configured to receive a reference clock signal and to generate a first clock signal having a first frequency. A secondary clock generation circuit is configured to generate a second clock signal having a second frequency lower than the first frequency. A voltage detection circuit is coupled to receive a supply voltage and configured to detect a droop in the supply voltage and generate a clock control signal in response to detecting a droop in the supply voltage. A selection circuit is coupled to the voltage detection circuit to receive the clock control signal and is configured to select one of the first clock signal and the second clock signal based on the clock control signal.


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