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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
May. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventor:
Dinesh Jain, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 21/00 (2006.01); H03K 21/02 (2006.01); H03K 5/05 (2006.01); H03K 23/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 21/026 (2013.01); H03K 5/05 (2013.01); H03K 23/58 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed examples include frequency divider circuits to divide a high frequency first clock signal to generate an output clock signal at a lower frequency, including a delay circuit to provide a delayed clock signal, a divider circuit to provide a divided clock signal, a sub-sampling circuit to sub-sample the first clock signal with the divided clock signal, and a feedback circuit to set the delay value of the adjustable delay circuit according to the sub-sampled output signal.