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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:
Jul. 20, 1993
Filed:
May. 08, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Zilog, Inc., Campbell, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395800 ; 395700 ; 395425 ; 365 95 ; 364933 ; 3649655 ; 364967 ; 3649752 ; 364D / ; 3642446 ; 3642455 ; 364247 ; 3642802 ; 364D / ;
Abstract
Initial data and/or control bits of registers within a digital integrated circuit are simultaneously loaded from localized non-volatile memory cells provided as part of the circuit. Such loading is accomplished each time the circuit is initialized, such as when power is first turned on to a system in which the circuit is a part. An important use of this technique is with a computer peripheral circuit chip such as a serial communications controller.