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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2009
Applicant:
Sebastian Zeller, Grasbrunn, DE;
Inventor:
Sebastian Zeller, Grasbrunn, DE;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics Design & Application GmbH, Grassbrunn, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A frequency divider having a plurality of programmable latches connected in a feedback shift register configuration. A programmable latch of said plurality of latches comprises a program input to receive a program signal configured to select a polarity of the programmable latch among two opposite polarities. The frequency divider having a configuration module structured to provide at least the program signal to the program input to modify a divisor parameter of the frequency divider.