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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:
Dec. 29, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brian G Lucas, Barrington, IL (US);
William C Moyer, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395562 ;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for adjusting the range of a data processor instruction field for a data processor (10). The present invention allows the range of a data processor instruction field to be adjusted without requiring decode of the instruction field and without requiring the instruction field value to be modified. In one embodiment, a data processor (10) uses the value of the carry-in/borrow bit (60) provided to an arithmetic unit (30) to selectively adjust the range of the immediate data operand for certain instructions, such as, for example, add immediate (ADDI) and subtract immediate (SUBI).