Data buffer using dummy data
US6044431A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 9, 1997 |
| Grant date | Mar 28, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 9, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F5/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Data buffering apparatus comprises a data memory in which input data are written to the memory in contiguous groups at memory addresses defined by a write pointer and data are read from the memory at a memory address defined by a read pointer; and means for writing a dummy group of data at the end of at least some of the input data groups, the dummy groups of data being read from the memory and discarded before a subsequently written input data group is read.
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