The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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. 18, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1999
Martin Bene{haeck over (s)}, Arcadia, CA (US);
Steven M. Nowick, Leonia, NJ (US);
Andrew Wolfe, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
There is disclosed a decoder circuit that includes a logic circuit for decoding variable-length coded data coupled to a timing circuit. The logic circuit includes a plurality of computational logic stages, each of the computational logic stages having a synchronization signal input and a completion signal output. Each completion signal output indicates the completion of the computation performed by a computational logic stage. The timing circuit includes a plurality of completion signal inputs and a synchronization signal output, the synchronization signal output being a predetermined function of the completion signal inputs. The completion signal inputs are coupled to the completion signal outputs of the computational logic stages, and the synchronization output is coupled to the synchronization signal inputs of the computational logic stages.