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Fast counter/divider and its use in a swallower counter
Assignee: STMicroelectronics SA
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Filing: 1991-09-11
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Granted: 1993-02-23
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Expires: 2011-09-11
Abstract
Abstract A counter/divider dividing an input frequency (F1) by 2 q+n +1/2, comprises a first divider by 2 q (30) receiving the signal to divide of a frequency F1 and provides 2 q+1 outputs at the frequency F1/2 q out of phase the ones to the others of 360°/2 q+1 ; a multiplexer (32) having a control terminal (34) and sequentially providng at its output (33) each of said 2 q+1 outputs each time a control signal is applied; and a second divider by 2 n (31) receiving the output (33) of the multiplexer and providing the desired output (34) of the counter/divider, this output being applied to the control terminal of the multiplexer.
Inventors
- 👤 Jean-Luc Jaffard
- 👤 Loic Lietar
- 👤 Michel Mouret
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 23:45
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03K; H03K23/00; H03K23/64; H03K23/68; G; G06; G06F; G06F1/00; G06F1/02; G06F1/025
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
142 words
A counter/divider dividing an input frequency (F1) by 2 q+n +1/2, comprising: a first divider by 2 q receiving the signal to divide of frequency F1 and providing 2 q+1 outputs at the frequency F1/2 q out of phase the ones to the others of 360°/2 q+1 ; a multiplexer having a control terminal and sequentially providing at its output each of said 2 q+1 outputs each time a control signal is applied to said terminal; and a second divider by 2 n receiving the output of the multiplexer and providing the desired output of the counter/divider, this output being applied to said terminal; means to inhibit the operation of the multiplexer whereby a same output of the first divider is permanently provided to the input of the second divider and whereby the division rate of the counter/divider is 2 q+n .
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
142 words
A counter/divider dividing an input frequency (F1) by 2 q+n +1/2, comprising: a first divider by 2 q receiving the signal to divide of frequency F1 and providing 2 q+1 outputs at the frequency F1/2 q out of phase the ones to the others of 360°/2 q+1 ; a multiplexer having a control terminal and sequentially providing at its output each of said 2 q+1 outputs each time a control signal is applied to said terminal; and a second divider by 2 n receiving the output of the multiplexer and providing the desired output of the counter/divider, this output being applied to said terminal; means to inhibit the operation of the multiplexer whereby a same output of the first divider is permanently provided to the input of the second divider and whereby the division rate of the counter/divider is 2 q+n .
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
A counter/divider as claimed in claim 1, wherein the output of the second divider is provided to the output terminal of the counter/divider through a latch sequenced by the signal applied to the second divider.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
60 words
A counter/divider as claimed in claim 1, wherein the multiplexer comprises a third divider by 2 q+1 all the outputs of which are decoded by a decoder and applied to a latch, the outputs of which sequentially control 2 q+1 switches respectively placed between each of the 2 q+1 outputs of the first divider and the output of the multiplexer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
58 words
A use of a counter/divider as claimed in claim 1 in series with a divider by 2 as an input divider of a programmable counter of the swallower counter type comprising, as well as this input divider, first and second counters, the output of the first counter forming an inhibition signal modifying the division factor of said counter/divider.
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