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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008

Filed:

Jun. 01, 2005
Applicants:

Mohammad E Heidari, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Ahmad Mirzaei, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Masoud Djafari, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);

Rahim Bagheri, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mohammad E Heidari, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Ahmad Mirzaei, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Masoud Djafari, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);

Rahim Bagheri, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Assignee:

WiLinx Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention include circuits and methods for dividing signals. In one embodiment the present invention includes a divider circuit comprising at least one first divider input receiving an in-phase (I+) signal, at least one second divider input receiving a complement of the in-phase (I−) signal, at least one third divider input receiving a quadrature (Q+) signal, and at least one fourth divider input receiving a complement of the quadrature (Q−) signal. In one embodiment, the lock range of a divider is improved by providing a first bias current greater than a second bias current.


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