High speed comparator with bit-wise masking
US5977864A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 15, 1998 |
| Grant date | Nov 2, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F7/02
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
There is disclosed, a high speed comparator with bit-wise masking takes advantage of early availability of the reference word and mask word to generate conditional select signals, thereby minimizing the time required to generate a comparator output once the input word to be compared is available.
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