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Methods and apparatus for determining the absolute value of the difference between binary operands

US4982352A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 22, 1989
Grant dateJan 1, 1991
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Expiry dateNov 22, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2207/5442
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a floating point ALU, a carry-lookahead adder circuit includes integral XOR logic means for complementing the sum bits responsive to an invert signal for generating the absolute value of the difference between two binary operands without added gate delay.

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