Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Frequency divider and phase-locked loop including the same
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Application No.: US14887101Application Date: 2015-10-19
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Publication No.: US09935639B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- Inventor: Dalun Zhai , Jun Hu
- Applicant: Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation
- Applicant Address: CN
- Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: CN
- Agency: Innovation Counsel LLP
- Priority: CN201410743029 20141208
- Main IPC: H03K21/00
- IPC: H03K21/00 ; H03K23/00 ; H03L7/183 ; H03K23/42 ; H03K23/66 ; H03K23/40 ; H03K23/54

Abstract:
A frequency divider includes a first shifter and a second shifter. The first shifter includes first to M-th clock control components connected together to form a first ring. The control components in the first shifter are controlled by an input clock signal such that signals are shifted along the first ring. An output of selected clock control components in the first shifter is provided as a carry signal of the first shifter. The second shifter includes first to N-th clock control components connected together to form a second ring. The control components in the second shifter are controlled by the carry signal of the first shifter such that the signals are shifted along the second ring. An output of selected clock control components in the second shifter is provided as a carry signal of the second shifter. M and N are integers greater than one.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160164533A1 FREQUENCY DIVIDER AND PHASE-LOCKED LOOP INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2016-06-09
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