The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
May. 18, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1997
Roland A Bechade, Somerville, NJ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for comparing values A comparator comprising inputting two comparison values to be compared, determining the number of a leading '1' in each of the values and outputting two position values, wherein the position values have a bit size smaller than the comparison values, comparing a first position value of the position values from a second position value of the position values, and outputting a signal indicating a first comparison value of the comparison values is either greater than a second comparison value of the comparison values, equal to the second comparison value or less than the comparison value, based on a result of the comparing operation.