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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2015
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yusuke Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Komori, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 21/00 (2006.01); H03K 23/00 (2006.01); H03K 25/00 (2006.01); H03K 21/02 (2006.01); H03L 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 21/026 (2013.01); H03K 21/023 (2013.01); H03L 7/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A frequency dividing circuit includes: a mode selection section configured to determine an exclusive OR of a first clock signal and a first signal and output the exclusive OR as a second signal in a first operation mode, and to output the first clock signal as the second signal in a second operation mode; and a clock generation section configured to generate and output a second clock signal, based on the second signal and the second clock signal, and to output one of the second clock signal and a third clock signal, as the first signal, the third clock signal having a phase same as a phase of the second clock signal.