ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,981, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).
"Fractional frequency divider" was invented by Narala Reddy (Bestavaripeta Mandal, India) and Peeyoosh Mirajkar (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a counter having a clock input, a count value input, a third input, and an output. A multiplexer has a first input, a second input, a selection input, and an output. A delay circuit has a first input coupled to the clock input of the counter, a second input coupled to the output of the counter, a first output and a second output. The first output is coupled to the first input of the...