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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. 18, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Nigel J Allison, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395725 ; 3642302 ; 364241 ; 3642412 ; 3642415 ; 3642426 ; 3642428 ; 3642429 ; 364D / ; 3649354 ; 36493541 ; 3649401 ; 3649413 ;
Abstract
In a microcomputer including a CPU and a plurality of modules operatively connected through a main bus including address and data lines, a method of interrupting an operation including providing an interrupt request line and an arbitration bus, and arbitrating between modules and with the CPU on the arbitration bus so that no use of the main bus for arbitration or an interrupt acknowledge are required and the CPU can continue the operation as the arbitration proceeds.