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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:
Jun. 06, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
D C Sessions, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
VLSI Technology, Inc., , CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
377 28 ; 377 52 ; 377 73 ; 377 75 ; 377 80 ; 377 81 ;
Abstract
A programmable n stage shift counter divider circuit includes a plurality of n flip-flops arranged in cascade from a first stage to an nth stage. The data inputs of each of the flip flops are coupled with the output of the next preceding stage through corresponding OR gates. A source of preload signals is coupled with the second inputs of the OR gates; and a combined trap detector and terminal count detector has inputs coupled with the outputs of the last n-1 stages of the shift counter circuit and an output coupled with the source of pre-load signals to operate it.