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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 1997

Filed:

May. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:

Atsushi Miyanishi, Tokyo, JP;

Kazuyuki Iwaguro, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36471504 ; 364748 ;
Abstract

It is an object to realize in a floating point computation device a normalization circuit device which carries out normalization, unnormalization and 0 function operation at high speed. A circuit (3) outputs 1 from the most significant bit for the number obtained by adding 1 to a decimal number value of the exponent part input signal (A). AND operation of the signal (A') and the mantissa part input signal (B) and OR operation of all bits of the value ((3) provide a control signal (G'). A circuit (2) represents in a binary value (B') a number obtained by subtracting 1 from a number value of the bit position of the leading 1 from the most significant bit of the signal (B). A circuit (6) subtracts the valve (B') from the signal (A) and a circuit (7b) selects the signal (H) and a 0 value according to the signal (G') to obtain an exponent part output signal (C) after normalization. A circuit (5) retrieves the respective bit states of the signal B from the most significant bit to render '1' only the bit state of the position of the leading 1. A circuit (7a) selects the signal (B') and a decoded signal (A') according to the signal (G') to obtain a moved amount (D). A shifter (8) shifts the signal (B) according to the signal (D) to obtain a mantissa part output signal (E) after normalization.


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