Submultiple-related-frequency wave generator

A submultiple-related frequency wave generator comprising:

• a digital oscillator means for producing basic pulses which occur at a repetitive rate corresponding to a specific frequency, and
• submultiple frequency data forming means, cooperating with said digital oscillator means and receiving said basic pulses, for transmitting, upon each occurrence of said basic pulse, a serial data signal consisting of said basic pulse and a binary number having a certain number of bits, and for incrementing said binary number upon repetitive occurrences of said basic pulses, each bit in said transmitted binary number thereby representing the state of a respective square wave which is a submultiple of said specific frequency.

A time division multiplexed submultiple-related frequency wave generator comprising:

• multiplexed data generator means for transmitting at repetitive time intervals a binary number having a certain number of bits, said repetitive time intervals corresponding to a certain frequency, said binary number being incremented upon successive transmissions, and
• wave demultiplexing means, connected to receive said transmitted binary numbers, for entering each received binary number into a latch circuit containing a number of stages corresponding to said certain number of bits, the contents of each latch stage thereby being updated upon each receipt of said binary number at each repetitive interval, the contents of each latch stage thereby representing a square wave having a respective frequency that is a different submultiple of said certain frequency.