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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. 28, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1989
Kenneth L Williams, Richardson, TX (US);
Morris D Ward, Garland, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A FIFO 12 has a status flag generator 14. The status flag generator 14 includes a register programmable to 'N'. It also includes two sets of gray-code counters and a register (22,23,21;26,25,24) that are driven by separate READ and WRITE CLKS. The registers and counters are connected to comparators (31-36) for generating a plurality of signals that are input to output latches (41-43). The status flag generator is capable of generating status signals of FULL, HALF-FULL, EMPTY, FULL-N and EMPTY+N. N is a user-defined number that is programmed into a register 20 that is selectively connected to one or more of the programmable gray-code counters (23,24).