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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:
Apr. 19, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Craig Heikes, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
341 50 ; 341 79 ;
Abstract
A circuit and a method for providing an indication of the position of a bit having a selected characteristic in an n-bit binary word are disclosed. The n bits of the binary word are arranged into groups of W bits so that each group is input to a fundamental encoder. The position of the bit having the selected characteristic, among each group of W bits is provided as an encoded output. A multiplexer tree provides a single output indicative of the position of the bit having the selected characteristic in the binary word based on the encoded outputs from the encoders.