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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2014
Applicant:
Nuvoton Technology Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Inventor:
Tsung-Hsien Hsieh, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
Nuvoton Technology Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 21/00 (2006.01); H03K 21/38 (2006.01); H03K 21/40 (2006.01); H03K 23/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 21/38 (2013.01); H03K 21/40 (2013.01); H03K 21/00 (2013.01); H03K 23/665 (2013.01);
Abstract
A counter including a state determination unit and a counter reset unit is provided. The state determination unit is for receiving a current count value to calculate a next count value. The counter reset unit compares a reset counter value and a delay cycle value to determine using a first comparator or a second comparator, and compares the reset counter value and the current count value to output a counter reset signal to the state determination unit to reset the current count value, wherein a bit number of the first comparator is smaller than a bit number of the second comparator.