• DocumentCode
    1430063
  • Title

    Programmable modulo-K counters

  • Author

    Lutz, David R. ; Jayasimha, D.N.

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Lab., Columbus, OH, USA
  • Volume
    43
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    11/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    939
  • Lastpage
    941
  • Abstract
    A modulo-k counter or frequency divider is a binary counter that provides an output pulse for every k clock pulses. We describe a modulo-k counter that is programmable and synchronous, with an implementation that is regular and well suited for VLSI. The period of the counter is equal to the delay of a half-adder, a 3-input AND gate, and a latch, independent of the size of the counter. This is just as fast as one proposed by Ercegovac and Lang (1989), but it has a simpler design, uses less area, and is more flexible in that it is easier to change the modulus
  • Keywords
    VLSI; adders; counting circuits; frequency dividers; VLSI; area; binary counter; frequency divider; half-adder; output pulse; programmable modulo-K counters; synchronous counter; Adders; Clocks; Counting circuits; Delay; Frequency conversion; Hardware; Information science; Latches; Pulse circuits; Very large scale integration;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Circuits and Systems I: Fundamental Theory and Applications, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1057-7122
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/81.542285
  • Filename
    542285