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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Christian Holst, San Jose, CA (US);
Dennis Lee Wendell, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
710105 ; 710 18 ; 711118 ; 711154 ; 711166 ; 713-1 ; 713600 ; 714 23 ;
Abstract
In a circuit that generates a plurality of dynamic signals in a self-resetting signal path, none of which may occur in some cycles, a handshake circuit generates a signal indicative of whether none of the signals occurred and incorporates the plurality of dynamic signals and the signal indicative that none of the signals occurred into a handshake signal. The handshake circuit generates a 'normal operation' signal designating that one of the plurality of dynamic signals occurred. The handshake circuit also generates a 'reset' signal indicative that none of the signals occurred.