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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Russell Bell, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370392 ; 370351 ; 370389 ; 370392 ; 370393 ; 370417 ; 34087013 ; 709250 ;
Abstract
A digital delay line, comprising adjustable digital delay elements coupled in series, receives and buffers a packet bit stream. The outputs of selected adjustable digital delay elements are tapped for determining in parallel the destination address bits of the packet. The packet is routed at the end of the digital delay line to the destination indicated by the destination address bits.