The invention discloses a MicroTCA
system and a
clock synchronization method and solves the problem that the introduction of a
clock source is limited in the prior art. The MicroTCA
system at least includes an MCH and a plurality of AMC cards connected with the MCH through a back board. The MCH includes a
clock unit which is used for outputting a
system synchronized clock to a predetermined clock input port of an AMC card through a predetermined output port, and at least one clock card connected with the MCH through a back board. The clock card is provided with an extra clock output end, an extra clock input end is arranged on the AMC card, the extra clock output end of the clock card outputs an extra clock to the extra clock input end of the AMC card through an extra
differential line on the back board, and the AMC card is provided with a
clock management unit which selectively uses the predetermined clock output by the MCH and / or the extra clock output by the AMC clock card. A special clock
distribution board card is arranged inside a cabinet to support the multi-
standard system clock synchronization to be suitable for a multi-standard combined scene, and a switching board MCH and an AMC board card are not needed to be redesigned. Therefore, the
reusability of hardware is improved, the product
development period is shortened, and the cost is reduced.
Clock configuration double redundancy is allowed to improve the system reliability.