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Digital signal processor including an interface therein capable of allowing direct access to registers from an external device

US6957370B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 7, 2001
Grant dateOct 18, 2005
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Expiry dateFeb 2, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/3656
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A DSP comprises pipeline registers, a logical operation circuit, a product-sum circuit, DSP registers and an interface. The DSP registers includes at least a plurality of program control registers and excludes the pipeline registers, the logical operation circuit, the product-sum circuit. The interface is connected to the DSP registers, and causes an external device to be capable of writing and reading out from the DSP registers.

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