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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2021
Nxp Usa, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Cristian Pavao Moreira, Frouzins, FR;
Andreas Johannes Köllmann, Rosengarten, DE;
Ulrich Moehlmann, Moisburg, DE;
NXP USA, INC., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to apparatus and methods for self-testing of a duty cycle detector. Example embodiments include a circuit () comprising: a clock signal generator () configured to provide an output clock signal () having a duty cycle; a duty cycle detector () arranged to receive the output clock signal () and provide an output flag if the duty cycle of the clock signal () is outside a predetermined range; a controller () arranged to provide a duty cycle select signal () to the clock signal generator () to cause the clock signal () to have a duty cycle outside the predetermined range and to receive the output flag to confirm operation of the duty cycle detector ().