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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1996
Marco Olivo, Bergamo, IT;
Marco Maccarrone, Palestro, IT;
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Abstract
A count unit for performing a number of count operations and wherein, instead of a counter for each count function, provision is made for one counter and a number of registers equal in number to the count functions involved. The registers store the preceding count value and, when their content is to be incremented or in any way altered, load it into the counter which provides for performing the required operation, at the end of which, the content of the counter is stored in the respective register. One of the registers presents a second parallel input for externally loading an initial data which may be transferred to the other registers via the counter.