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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hiroshi Saitoh, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/04 ;
Abstract
A select circuit selectively outputs one of a transition indication signal that is the output of an edge sense circuit of an input timer, a transition indication signal that is an output of an edge sense circuit of an output timer, and a control signal for controlling output using software. The state of activation of a switch circuit for controlling transmission of a clock signal to a counter of the output timer is then controlled by the signal selected by the select circuit.