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Method and apparatus for generating clock signals

US6112217A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Peter Rohm · Brackenheim, DE
Patrick Leteinturier · Riemerling, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 24, 1998
Grant date	Aug 29, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 24, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F7/68
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for generating clock signals is described, by which a period of time can be subdivided into a desired number of essentially equal-length segments. The method and the apparatus are distinguished in that the clock signals are generated based on the outcomes of a repeated subtraction of a first value from a second value. The first value depends on the number of segments into which the period of time to be subdivided is to be subdivided, and the second value depends on the duration of the period of time to be subdivided.

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