Patent ID: 8594174

Claim:
An electronic device with circuitry for generating a control pulse using pulse-width modulation during each specific one of a plurality of periods in a sequence of the periods, the circuitry comprising: a modulo counter, whose count value is reset to a predetermined value after the specific period has elapsed; and signal generation means connected to the counter and comprising: a first combiner for supplying at the first combiner output the count value combined with an edge quantity indicative of a shift of an edge of the control pulse relative to a beginning of the current period; a second combiner for supplying at the second combiner output the count value combined with a width quantity indicative of a width of the control pulse; and a first logic gate receiving first and second bit values, respectively, indicative of a first most-significant bit at the first combiner output and of a second most-significant bit at the second combiner output, and supplying at a first gate output a first logic output signal representative of the control pulse; and wherein the signal generation means further comprises: a third combiner for supplying at a third combiner output the most-significant bit of the count value combined with an overflow quantity indicative of an upper boundary of the width; and a second logic gate connected to the third combiner output and to the first gate output for providing at a second gate output a second logic output signal representative of the control pulse.