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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:
Aug. 25, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
ShaoWei Wei Pan, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Shay-Ping T Wang, Long Grove, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3647485 ; 364729 ;
Abstract
An LNS-based computer processor is provided for performing high-speed calculations that involve special function values. Special functions include transcendental and hyperbolic functions. The computer processor includes a decoder (11), a memory circuit (12) for storing a plurality of special function signals, a log converter (14), at least one processing element (16), and an inverse-log converter (18).