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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:

Rambus Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kambiz Kaviani, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Kashinath Prabhu, Bangalore, IN;

Brian Hing-Kit Tsang, Fremont, CA (US);

Jared L. Zerbe, Woodside, CA (US);

Assignee:

RAMBUS INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 23/02 (2006.01); H03K 3/012 (2006.01); H03K 5/26 (2006.01); G11C 7/22 (2006.01); H03L 7/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/012 (2013.01); G01R 23/02 (2013.01); G11C 7/222 (2013.01); H03K 5/26 (2013.01); H03L 7/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of an integrated circuit (IC) comprising frequency change detection circuitry are described. Some embodiments include first circuitry to generate a second clock signal based on a first clock signal, wherein the first clock signal has a first clock frequency, and wherein the second clock signal has a second clock frequency that is an integral multiple of the first clock frequency. The embodiments further include second circuitry to obtain samples by oversampling the first clock signal using the second clock signal. Additionally, the embodiments include third circuitry to detect a change in the first clock frequency based on the samples.


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