APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING A SIGNAL BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND CLOCK DOMAINS

An apparatus and method for transmitting signals between two clock domains in which at least one of a phase and a frequency of clock signals in the two clock domains is misaligned. The apparatus includes a first primary interface (78) and a first redundant interface (80) in the first clock domain for receiving a primary signal and a first checking signal respectively, and a second primary interface (82) and second redundant interface (84) in the second clock domain for outputting the primary signal and a second redundant signal respectively. The primary signal and the checking signals are separated by a predetermined time delay and the second checking signal is generated in the second clock domain based on the primary signal. Checking circuitry (87) is provided in the second clock domain to perform an error checking procedure based on the two checking signals and to provide the second checking signal to the second redundant interface.