Patent · US Expired

Integrated circuit timer with multiple channels and dedicated service processor

US5204957A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 1992
Grant dateApr 20, 1993
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F1/14
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A timer system comprises multiple channels, each of which is capable of performing input and output timer functions referenced to any of a plurality of timer reference signals. In the preferred embodiment, sixteen independent channels are serviced by a processor dedicated to that purpose and each can perform capture and match functions referenced to either of two free-running counters.

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