Converting between different floating point exponent representations
US6601079B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 29, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 13, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03M7/24
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for distinguishing an ordinary binary floating point number from an extraordinary binary floating point number is provided, the method including adding 1 to a B-bit biased exponent of a binary floating point number to produce a (B+1)-bit augmented exponent and sign-extending the augmented exponent to produce a (B+n)-bit transformed exponent. The method also includes testing the (B+n)-bit transformed exponent to determine if the (B+n)-bit transformed exponent is less than 2.
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