Patent · US Expired

Divider circuit

US4845727A · kind A · utility

14Cited by
7References
4Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateNov 19, 1987
Grant dateJul 4, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 19, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K23/542
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A pulse train divider circuit includes a first flip-flop (1) whose Q output is connected to the D input of a second flip-flop (2) whose Q output is connected to the D input of the first flip-flop (1). A pulse train to be divided is applied via an input (3) directly to the clock input C of the first flip-flop (1) and via a circuit (4) which delays the pulse train applied to the clock input C of the flip-flop (2) to provide a given phase relationship between the pulse trains at the two clock inputs. The circuit divides-by-two, and the resulting divided pulse trains available at the various outputs have phase relationships depending on the phase relationship of the applied pulse trains at the clock inputs.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.