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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Linear Technology Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jan-Michael Stevenson, Lucas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Linear Technology Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/16 (2006.01); H03K 21/10 (2006.01); H03K 23/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 7/16 (2013.01); H03K 21/10 (2013.01); H03K 23/486 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and a method generate clock signals using an output divider with modulus steps of half-integers (i.e., the output circuit includes a divider which divides by one or more of 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4 . . . ).