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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
May. 06, 2009
Applicant:
Christophe C. Beghein, West Malling, GB;
Inventor:
Christophe C. Beghein, West Malling, GB;
Assignee:
MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A counter/divider where the counter/divider comprises a: a pre-scaler operable in a first mode to divide an input signal by M and in a second mode to divide the input signal by N, where N is greater than M; a first programmable counter, and a second programmable counter; and where the first and second programmable counters are responsive to an output of the pre-scaler and an output of the first counter controls whether the pre-scaler operates in the first mode or the second mode, wherein the first counter is operable to count to greater than one.