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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:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shuichi Takayama, Takarazuka, JP;
Nobuo Higaki, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Ind. Co., Ltd., Osaka-fu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 ; G06F 9/38 ; G06F 9/40 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 ; G06F 9/38 ; G06F 9/40 ;
Abstract
A 32-bit instruction is composed of a 4-bit format field , a 4-bit operation field , and two 12-bit operation fields and . The 4-bit operation field can only include (1) an operation code “cc” that indicates a branch operation which uses a stored value of the implicitly indicated constant register as the branch address, or (2) a constant “const”. The content of the 4-bit operation field is specified by a format code provided in the format field