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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
May. 14, 2013
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Erik P. Machnicki, San Jose, CA (US);
Raman S. Thiara, San Jose, CA (US);
Shane J. Keil, San Jose, CA (US);
Timothy J. Millet, Mountain View, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of an apparatus are disclosed that may allow for changing the frequency of a clock coupled to a functional block within an integrated circuit. The apparatus may include a plurality of clock dividers and a multiplex circuit. Each of the plurality of clock dividers may divide the frequency of a base clock signal be a respective one of a plurality of divisors. The multiplex circuit may be configured to receive a plurality of selection signals, select an output from one of the plurality of clock dividers dependent upon the received selection signals, and coupled the selected output of the plurality of clock dividers to the functional block.