Handshake circuit and operating method for self-resetting circuits
US6058447A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 26, 1997 |
| Grant date | May 2, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 26, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/0895
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a circuit that generates a plurality of dynamic signals in a self-resetting signal path, none of which may occur in some cycles, a handshake circuit generates a signal indicative of whether none of the signals occurred and incorporates the plurality of dynamic signals and the signal indicative that none of the signals occurred into a handshake signal. The handshake circuit generates a "normal operation" signal designating that one of the plurality of dynamic signals occurred. The handshake circuit also generates a "reset" signal indicative that none of the signals occurred.
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