Frequency divider using latch structure
AssigneeSamsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
InventorsByeong Hak JO, Yoo Sam NA
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Abstract
There is provided a frequency divider using a latch structure including: a first latch sampling and latching an input signal in response to a first clock signal and a second clock signal having an inverse phase with respect to the first clock signal; a second latch toggled with the first latch, the second latch sampling and latching the input signal in response to the first and second clock signals; a bias adjustor generating a sampling bias current and a latching bias current to supply to the first and second latches, respectively and adjusting a relative ratio between the sampling bias current and the latching bias current to vary a minimum power point oscillating frequency of the first and second latches.
Claims10
A frequency divider using a latch structure comprising:
- a first latch sampling and latching an input signal in response to a first clock signal and a second clock signal having an inverse phase with respect to the first clock signal;
- a second latch toggled with the first latch, the second latch sampling and latching the input signal in response to the first and second clock signals;
- a bias adjustor generating a sampling bias current and a latching bias current to supply to the first and second latches, respectively and adjusting a relative ratio between the sampling bias current and the latching bias current to vary a minimum power point oscillating frequency of the first and second latches.
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