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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. 07, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Werner Koch, Hemmingen, DE;
Assignee:
Alcatal N.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395476 ; 39542108 ; 395896 ; 39520007 ;
Abstract
A memory unit includes a plurality of address ranges whose size and number are freely variable. For each address range, one address value is stored, as well as a start and an end address. The memory unit has an address generator which counts through the addresses from the start address to the end address. The start address and the end address are stored in an address register. By way of a code, the start and end addresses are called up in the address register and a current address value is called up in the address generator. The address generator counts through the address range until it reaches the end address.