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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:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2002
Applicant:
Hiroyuki Fujiyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroyuki Fujiyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A circuit includes a register which stores therein a semaphore address, and further includes a semaphore control circuit which asserts a control signal in response to a read access by a processor directed to the semaphore address, and negates the control signal in response to a write access by the processor directed to the semaphore address.