Patent ID: 7983378
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: H03L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a modulator to select a number from a cyclic output sequence including a range of numbers that includes at least one negative number, and to set a first modulated division number that is the sum of the selected number and a set operating point; and a divider including a first counter to provide a first value, a second counter to provide a second value, an offset controller to include, within the first value, an offset that is equal to an absolute value of a most negative number of the range of numbers and a multi-modulus prescaler (MMP) coupled to the first and second counters and the modulator to implement a second modulated division number based at least in part on the first and second values; wherein the offset controller subtracts the offset from the second modulated division number to provide the first modulated division number.