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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2012
Texas Instruments, Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Lothar K Felten, Hauset, BE;
Lars Lotzenburger, Erding, DE;
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A prescaling counter includes a prescaling unit and a counter. The prescaling unit includes a programmable divider that is arranged to divide an event clock that includes signaled events to generate a prescaled clock in response to a prescaling value. The counter includes a register that includes a lower count register and an upper count register for generating a count result. The counter is arranged to increment the lower count register in response to the prescaled clock and to increment the upper count register in response to a terminal condition in the lower count register. The prescaling value is generated in response to the upper count register.