The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2001
Applicant:
David P. Tester, Preston, GB;
Inventor:
David P. Tester, Preston, GB;
Assignee:
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/04 (2006.01); H03K 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A prescaler generally comprising a first circuit, a multiplexer, and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to present a plurality of control signals in response to a first clock signal having a first frequency. The multiplexer may be configured to multiplex a plurality of data signals in response to the control signals to present a second clock signal having a second frequency that is a non-integer fraction of the first frequency. The second circuit may be configured to present the data signals in response to the second clock signal.