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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2012
Mark Cloutier, Gatineau, CA;
Mark Cloutier, Gatineau, CA;
Hittite Microwave Corporation, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for reducing spurious for a clock distribution system, the method including a) providing a system controller, b) providing clock distribution system, c) inputting characteristics of the clock distribution system in advance of operation thereof, d) calculating an expected level of the integer boundary spurious as a function of a fractional offset value, e) selecting an integer boundary solution based on the fractional offset value being within a preferred predetermined region, and f) programming the master clock subsystem and the one or more fractional synthesizers with the integer boundary solution, and g) repeating steps d) through f) as needed.