Dual mode combining circuitry
US5189636A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 10, 1990 |
| Grant date | Feb 23, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 10, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2207/3828
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A video signal processor includes cicuitry which may be conditioned by a mode control signal to operate as a single 16-bit adder or as two eight-bit adders. The circuitry includes two eight-bit adders, each of which has a carry-in input terminal and a carry-out output terminal. The carry-out output terminal of one of the adders is selectively coupled, via an AND gate, to the carry-in input terminal of the other adder. The AND gate is controlled by the mode control signal. In the mode where the circuitry operates as two eight-bit adders, additional circuiry is included to detect output values which may exceed the zero to 255 range of valid values and to saturate these invalid values either at zero or 255.
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