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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2000
Oliver Weinfurtner, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Infineon Technologies North America Corp., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In a controller for controlling a generator system on a memory chip, the controller operates as a state machine in accordance with a state diagram including a plurality of X states. An evaluation arrangement evaluates a combination of only a predetermined one of a plurality of N input signals from remote devices, and only a predetermined one of a plurality of X state signals indicating a current state in the state diagram at any instant of time. The controller generates a plurality of Y output signals having a predetermined logical value that indicates that a change from one state to a next state in the state diagram is to be made when the predetermined one of both the plurality of N input signals and the plurality of X state signals comprise a predetermined logical value. A state storage device is responsive to the predetermined one of a plurality of Y output signals having a predetermined logical value, and generates a revised plurality of X state output signals for transmission back to the evaluation arrangement indicating a change in the state diagram from a current state to a next state of the plurality of X states. An output arrangement is responsive to the revised plurality of X state output signals for generating separate predetermined ones of M output signals to remote devices associated with said next state for controlling the generator system.