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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2024
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Andreas Lentz, Buchholz, DE;
David Paul Price, Totton, GB;
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a clock signal monitoring unit comprising first, second and third flip-flops, first and second XOR gates and a delay element being functionally interconnected in a specific way. The proposed clock signal monitoring unit can detect both a rising edge glitch and a falling edge glitch. In this way there is provided an area saving device, which does not require any trimming efforts, which can save a lot of space and time. Furthermore, the clock signal monitoring unit can have low electric power consumption because it uses as few as four clocked flip-flops implemented via Register Transfer Logic having an already tuned delay element. This makes it useful for designs that use both edges of the clock for correct operation.