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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/34 (2006.01); H03K 23/50 (2006.01); H03K 23/58 (2006.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H03K 21/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 23/50 (2013.01); H03K 21/10 (2013.01); H03K 23/58 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
Abstract
A counter includes a buffer unit and a ripple counter. The buffer unit generates at least one least significant signal of a count by buffering at least one clock signal until a termination time point. The ripple counter generates at least one most significant signal of the count by sequentially toggling in response to at least one of the least significant signal. The counter performs multiple data rate counting with enhanced operation speed and reduced power consumption.