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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2012
Alberto Cicalini, San Diego, CA (US);
Alberto Cicalini, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are frequency dividers, methods, apparatus, and other implementations, including a frequency divider that includes at least one input line to deliver at least one signal with a first frequency, a divider stage comprising multiple divider active components to produce output signals each with a second frequency equal to substantially half the first frequency, and an input stage electrically coupled to the divider stage to enable operation of the divider stage, the input stage including multiple additional active components. Each of the output signals is electrically coupled to an input of a different corresponding component of the multiple additional active components to electrically actuate the respective different corresponding components such that each of the multiple additional active components is periodically in an ON state while during the same time at least another of the multiple additional active components of the input stage is in an OFF state.