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:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Curtis Abbott, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Homayoun Shahri, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
PMC-Sierra, Inc., Burnaby, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
Abstract
According to one embodiment of the invention, an apparatus that includes a first and second counter both including a count computation circuit and an upper bound circuit. The output of the upper bound circuit of the first counter is coupled to the count computation circuit and upper bound circuit of the second counter. The apparatus also includes a lookup table addressed by the current count value of the first counter, as well as a combining circuit coupled to the output of the lookup table and to receive the current count value of the second counter.