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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1993
Filed:
May. 08, 1992
Carrell R Killebrew, Jr, Sugard Land, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A palette device responsive to color codes supplied on a bus and for producing signals representing color for a color display device. The palette device includes a plurality of look-up table memories each for supplying color data words in response to color codes supplied to access the memories respectively and a plurality of digital to analog converters respectively connected to said plurality of look-up table memories and responsive to the respective color data words from the memories to produce a plurality of analog color signals. A splitter circuit is provided for connection to the bus and is connected at a plurality of outputs thereof to access each of the look-up table memories concurrently. Other palette devices, computer graphics systems, facsimile systems, printer systems and methods are also disclosed.