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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364200 ;
Abstract
A direct memory access control circuit equipped with a first register for storing the top address of a memory area, a second register for storing the bottom address of that memory area, a comparison circuit for comparing the current address used for memory access with the bottom address stored in the second register, and a control circuit for replacing the current address, which is to be subsequently used for memory access, with the top address stored in the first register when coincidence is detected by the comparison circuit.