Frequency divider

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A frequency divider, also called a clock divider or scaler or prescaler, is a circuit that takes an

input signal of a frequency,

where

, and generates an output signal of a frequency:

is an integer. Phase-locked loop frequency synthesizers make

use of frequency dividers to generate a frequency that is a multiple of a

reference frequency. Frequency dividers can be implemented for
both analog and digital applications.