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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard K. Karlquist, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 3/00 ;
Abstract
A modulation domain divider is disclosed that causes the divider output to be attenuated when the divisor input falls below the divisor threshold. Attenuation is accomplished by implementing the divider in the modulation domain and substituting an unmodulated signal for the normal modulated signal when the divisor is below the threshold value.