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Flag generation scheme for FIFOs

US6442657B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 10, 1999
Grant dateAug 27, 2002
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Expiry dateAug 10, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2205/126
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention concerns a circuit comprising a memory, a flag/array address circuit and a flag logic circuit. The memory may be configured to read and write data in response to one or more memory address signals. The flag/array address circuit may be configured to present one or more flag address signals in response to (i) one or more enable signals and (ii) a control signal. The flag logic circuit may be configured to present one or more logic flags in response to the one or more flag address signals.

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