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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:
Mar. 29, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tim A Williams, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364715 ; 364748 ;
Abstract
A circuit for receiving a plurality of signed operands which each represent an exponential value to a predetermined base and for selecting one of the operands which results in a maximum value is taught. The circuit has a rank ordered plurality of logic circuits which each receives a predetermined bit of each operand and provides an output bit of the maximum value. The output of the logic circuits is a transcoded output which is a translation value of the maximum value. A sign control circuit receives a sign bit of each signed operand and controls the operation of the logic circuits in response to the values of the input operands.