METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR UTILIZING ONE OR MORE CYCLE-SWALLOWED CLOCK SIGNALS

An electronic device is provided for generating or utilizing one or more cycle-swallowed clock signals derived based on one or more first clock signals. The device includes a module configured to receive a first clock signal having a first frequency. The module is configured to generate a second clock signal having a second frequency and configured to swallow one or more clock cycles of the first clock signal in generating the second clock signal. The first clock signal has even cycles, and the second clock signal has uneven cycles. The first frequency is greater than the second frequency. The module may include a cycle-swallowing counter. A method and a computer-readable medium are also provided.