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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1999
Eugene A. Roylance, Boise, ID (US);
Wayne E. Bradburn, Eagle, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A pulse width modulator includes a clock operative to count successive discrete time intervals having a period equal to a desired full pulse width, and configured to generate a clock signal. The pulse width modulator also includes an adjustable delay line comprising a plurality of delay line elements, each delay line element operative to generate a clock signal at a specific location, which when combined with a transitional instruction, will produce a modulated output that has a plurality of transitions within the clock period. The pulse width modulator further includes processing circuitry configured to receive the clock signal and a pulse code input and operative to select one of the delay line elements to generate a clock signal at a specific location to produce a single modulated output that transitions at a desired modulated frequency. A method is also provided.