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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:
May. 15, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brian F Wilkie, Austin, TX (US);
Vernon B Goler, Austin, TX (US);
Stanley E Groves, Round Rock, TX (US);
John J Vaglica, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364200 ; 3642327 ; 3642328 ; 364270 ;
Abstract
A timer system comprises multiple channels, each of which is capable of performing input and output timer functions referenced to any of a plurality of timer reference signals. In the preferred embodiment, sixteen independent channels are serviced by a processor dedicated to that purpose and each can perform capture and match functions referenced to either of two free-running counters.