Patent ID: 6980789

Claim:
A divider module for use in an oscillation synthesizer, the divider module comprises: plurality of flip-flops interoperably coupled to produce a divider value based on a control signal; and logic circuit operably coupled to produce the control signal based on divider select signals, wherein each of the plurality of flip-flops includes: first differential latch module operably coupled to produce a differential latched signal based on a differential flip-flop input signal; and second differential latch module operably coupled to produce a differential flip-flop output based on the differential latched signal, wherein the first and second differential latch modules each includes: sample transistor section operably coupled to sample, when coupled to a supply voltage, a differential input signal to produce a sampled differential input signal; hold transistor section operably coupled to latch, when coupled to the supply voltage, the sampled differential input signal thereby producing a latched differential signal; first gating circuit operable to couple the sample transistor section to the supply voltage in accordance with a first clocking logic operation and a second clocking logic operation, wherein the first clocking logic operation is based on a negative leg and a positive leg of a differential clock signal, and wherein the second clocking logic operation is based on the negative leg and the positive leg of the differential clock signal; and second gating circuit operable to couple the hold transistor section to the supply voltage in accordance with a third clocking logic operation and a fourth clocking logic operation, wherein the third clocking logic operation is based on the negative leg and the positive leg of the differential clock signal, and wherein the fourth clocking logic operation is based on the negative leg and the positive leg of the differential clock signal.