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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2008
Applicants:
Johannes Hermanus Aloysius DE Rijk, Rotterdam, NL;
Robertus Laurentius Van Der Valk, Capelle aan den IJssel, NL;
Inventors:
Johannes Hermanus Aloysius De Rijk, Rotterdam, NL;
Robertus Laurentius van der Valk, Capelle aan den IJssel, NL;
Assignee:
Zarlink Semiconductor Inc., , CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A frequency synthesizer includes a first clock running at a frequency f, a second clock running at a frequency f, wherein frequency fis higher than frequency f, the frequencies having a fixed ratio Q=f/f; and a counter driven by the first clock. A decoder for produces Qoutput values in parallel for each cycle of the first clock, and parallel-serial converter serially outputs these Qoutput values at the frequency of the second clock.