Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High speed RF divider
- Patent Title (中): 高速射频分频器
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Application No.: US13910366Application Date: 2013-06-05
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Publication No.: US08797069B2Publication Date: 2014-08-05
- Inventor: Leonardus Hesen , Paul Mateman , Johannes Petrus Antonius Frambach
- Applicant: ST-Ericsson SA
- Applicant Address: CH Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: CH Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva
- Agency: Coats and Bennett, P.L.L.C.
- Main IPC: H03K21/00
- IPC: H03K21/00

Abstract:
High-speed RF differential, Quadrature, divide-by-2 clock divider designs are based on inverters and clocking circuits connected in a serial ring formation. In one embodiment, only NMOS transistors are used in the inverters, and only PMOS transistors are used in the clocking circuits. This structure uses only 12 transistors. The input can be coupled directly to a VCO output, and provides minimum loading, as each VCO output is connected to only two transistors. Another embodiment comprises clocked inverter stages connected in a serial ring configuration with inverters between stages. The RF clock (or VCO signal) is used at the outer side of the inverters for speed improvement. In both circuits, positive and negative clock inputs are connected alternately at each stage of the ring.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130293272A1 High Speed RF Divider Public/Granted day:2013-11-07
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