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Microprocessor having waiting function

US5301307A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 30, 1992
Grant dateApr 5, 1994
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Expiry dateJan 30, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/262
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A microprocessor capable of executing a micro-instruction output from a micro-memory according to an address which corresponds to an instruction to be executed at a time when each time the microprocessor receives the address is provided. The microprocessor includes a unit (a T1 cycle signal generator, a T2 cycle signal generator, a TW cycle signal generator) for generating a control signal for a period of time corresponding to a period of time of a waiting signal at a time when the waiting signal is received from the outside, and a unit (a microcode read-only memory, a read-only memory address latch, a read-only memory output latch, an address control circuit, a multiplexer) connected to the control signal generating unit (the T1 cycle signal generator, the T2 cycle signal generator, the TW cycle signal generator) for holding an address supplied to the micro-memory for a period of time corresponding to a period of time of the control signal.

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