Interrupt control system
US4918599A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 29, 1986 |
| Grant date | Apr 17, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 29, 2006 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/26
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An interrupt control system in which a main process device executes an interrupt process, having a high process priority. The process priority is registered in a table, corresponding to each interrupt generating source, and an intermediate process device receives an interrupt signal from each interrupt generating source, obtains the corresponding process priority from the table and informs the main process device of the interruption. Accordingly, the process priority can be easily changed, and the system has a small size because the interrupt circuit for the main process device is centralized.
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