Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Programmable frequency divider providing a fifty-percent duty-cycle output over a range of divide factors
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Application No.: US15046448Application Date: 2016-02-18
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Publication No.: US09608801B2Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: Sandeep Perdoor , Vaibhav Maheshwari , Augusto Marques
- Applicant: Aura Semiconductor Pvt. Ltd
- Applicant Address: IN Bangalore
- Assignee: AURA SEMICONDUCTOR PVT. LTD
- Current Assignee: AURA SEMICONDUCTOR PVT. LTD
- Current Assignee Address: IN Bangalore
- Agency: IPHorizons PLLC
- Agent Narendra Reddy Thappeta
- Priority: IN3361/CHE/2015 20150702
- Main IPC: H04L7/033
- IPC: H04L7/033 ; H03L7/197 ; H03K21/02 ; H03K21/38 ; H03L7/089 ; H03L7/099 ; H03L7/183

Abstract:
A divider circuit determines whether an input factor (N) is an even number or an odd number. If N is an even number then the input clock is divided by N/2 to generate an intermediate clock. The intermediate clock is further divided by two to generate a div-by-2 clock, which is provided as the output clock with fifty percent duty cycle. If N is an odd number, the input clock is divided by (N/2−0.5) in a first duration and by (N/2+0.5) in a second duration to generate the intermediate clock, which is then divided by two to generate the div-by-2 clock. A delayed clock is generated from the div-by-2 clock, wherein the delayed clock lags the div-by-2 clock by half cycle duration of the input clock. The div-by-2 clock and the delayed clock are combined to generate the output clock with fifty percent duty cycle.
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