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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
May. 25, 2001
Michael A. Ruegg, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Sasan Cyrusian, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A high-speed programmable synchronous counter is disclosed. The high speed counter includes a most-significant-bit counter synchronized with a least-significant bit counter. The least-significant-bit counter is programmed to an initial state and configured to decrement a state with each pulse of a clock wave. The least-significant-bit counter provides an output signal when the least-significant-bit counter has a zero-count state. The most-significant-bit counter decrements when the least-significant-bit counter has a zero-count state and provides an output signal when the least-significant-bit counter has a zero-count state. A counter output pulse is generated and the high-speed counter is reset to the initial state when both the least-significant bit counter and the most-significant bit counter have a zero-count state.