Digital phase locked loop arrangement with master clock redundancy

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PATENT NO 9595972
APP PUB NO 20160301416A1
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15064678

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Master clock redundancy is provided for a digital phase locked loop having a digital controlled oscillator (DCO) driven by a master clock source, for example, a crystal oscillator. One of a plurality of a crystal oscillators generating clock signals is selected to drive the DCO. The performance of the crystal oscillators is monitored, and the DCO is switched from being driven by a previously selected crystal oscillator to a newly selected crystal oscillator upon loss of a clock signal from the previously selected crystal oscillator or when the performance of the previously selected crystal oscillator falls below a predetermined acceptable level.

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MICROSEMI SEMICONDUCTOR ULC400 MARCH ROAD OTTAWA ON K2K 3H4

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de, Rijk Johannes Hermanus Aloysius Rotterdam, NL 6 46
Milijevic, Slobodan Ottawa, CA 7 71
Schram, Paul H L M Bergen op Zoom, NL 7 3
Warriner, Mark A Ottawa, CA 4 21

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