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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:
Nov. 17, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kurt J Otto, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Loral Aerospace Corp., New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
377 34 ; 377 49 ;
Abstract
A nine bit Gray code counter is constructed as a single integrated circuit such as a PLA and comprises D flip-flops, AND gates and Exclusive-OR gates. The array is programmed to provide a nine bit Gray code count at its outputs. The Q output of each flip-flop provides one bit in the Gray code count. The D input to each flip-flop is determined by the significance of the bit and the following equations: D0=A XOR Q0; D1=(A.multidot.Q0) XOR Q1; Dn=(A.multidot. . . . .multidot.Qn-2.multidot.Qn--1) XOR Qn; and Dmsb=(A.multidot.Q0.multidot.Q1.multidot. . . . .multidot.Qmsb-2 XOR Qmsb.