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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1989
Toshiyuki Kanoh, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An absolute value calculating circuit for producing an absolute value of the difference between first and second numerical values. The circuit includes a first inverter for inverting the first numerical value, a first adder for adding the inverted first numerical value and the second numerical value, and a second inverter for inverting the output of the first adder. The circiuit further includes a second adder for adding 1 to the output of the adder and a selector for selecting and outputting, as the absolute value of the difference between the first and second numerical values, either the inverted output of the first adder or the output of the second adder in accordance with a sign of the output of the first adder.