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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:
Jan. 17, 1989
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1987
George J Barlow, Tewksbury, MA (US);
James W Keeley, Nashua, NH (US);
Chester M Nibby, Jr, Beverly, MA (US);
Honeywell Bull Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
An address path which transfers addresses from a number of sources includes an incrementing circuit. The address includes a plurality of address bits and integrity bits. The address bits are applied to the incrementing circuit while the integrity bits are applied in parallel to a programmable logic device (PLD). While the address is being transferred or incremented as required, the PLD independently generates a number of transform bits defining a characteristic of the number of address bits predicted to change state. Thereafter, the transform bits are used to transform the address integrity bits for transfer with the incremented address. The incremented address, transform bits and integrity bits are logically combined for verifying that the address was transferred and/or incremented without error.