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Divider circuit and division method

US8977671B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 13, 2011
Grant dateMar 10, 2015
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Expiry dateApr 14, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F7/535
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A divider circuit includes: a register which is configured of an even number of bits and in which a dividend data is stored. A shift operation section is configured to acquire a data stored in an upper bit portion of the register when the even number of bits of the register is equally divided to the upper bit portion and a lower bit portion, as a quotient data when the dividend data is divided by a maximum of a divisor data which can be expressed by a half of the even number of bits of the register.

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