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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 1997
Filed:
May. 29, 1996
Kazumasa Ando, Kawasaki, JP;
Syoji Horie, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A programmable logic array comprises a PLA area having a plurality of banks wherein each of the bank has an array of a discharge typed logic circuit for decoding a micro-code, a command code is inputted to each bank every cycle for executing a predetermined command, and each bank outputs bank selection data for determining by which bank a command of a next cycle be decoded at the previous cycle, and a control circuit for selecting one bank for decoding the command code of the next cycle from the plurality of banks based on the bank selection data of each bank in the previous cycle, and for sending a command code to only the selected one bank to perform discharge of a discharge typed logic circuit, thereby stopping operations of other banks.