Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Frequency divider and control method thereof
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Application No.: US15405494Application Date: 2017-01-13
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Publication No.: US10211837B2Publication Date: 2019-02-19
- Inventor: Yu-Hsuan Kang
- Applicant: Airoha Technology Corp.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: AIROHA TECHNOLOGY CORP.
- Current Assignee: AIROHA TECHNOLOGY CORP.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP
- Priority: TW105101241A 20160115
- Main IPC: H03K21/10
- IPC: H03K21/10 ; H03K3/037

Abstract:
A frequency divider and a control method thereof are provided. The frequency divider includes a phase selector and a control circuit. The phase selector receives N input signals, and selects a first input signal from the N input signals as an output signal according to N selection signals. The frequency of the N input signals are the same, and the phase of the N input signals are different, and every adjacent two of the N input signals have a phase difference of 360°/N, wherein N is a positive integer larger than 2. The control circuit updates the N selection signals according to the output signal, such that the phase selector switches the output signal from the first input signal to a second input signal of the N input signals, wherein the phase of the second input signal leads the phase of the first input signal by 360°/N.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170207788A1 FREQUENCY DIVIDER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2017-07-20
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