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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:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
May. 21, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
CSEM Centre Suisse D'Electronique et de Microtechnique S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 ;
Abstract
The disclosure relates to microprocessors and, more particularly, to a system for organizing and a method for the sequencing of the circuits of a microprocessor. The instruction registers are connected in chains and an inhibiting device is associated with each instruction register. Each inhibiting device has its inputs connected to the inputs of the associated register and to the clock circuit a provides and signal for the loading of the associated instruction register when it detects a predetermined combination of digits in the associated register.