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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 25/00 (2006.01); H03K 21/10 (2006.01); H03K 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 21/10 (2013.01); H03K 21/023 (2013.01);
Abstract
An integrated circuit counter includes a cascaded chain of bit counters, which are collectively configured to count a number of first edges of a counter input signal received at an input thereof and output the count as a counter output signal. The cascaded chain includes at least two bit counters, which are: (i) configured to support both counter and buffer modes of operation, and (ii) responsive to respective bypass control bit signals having values that specify whether a corresponding one of the at least two bit counters is disposed in the counter or buffer mode of operation.