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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2002
Applicants:
Hirokazu Kobayashi, Tenri, JP;
Yuji Tanaka, Nara, JP;
Inventors:
Hirokazu Kobayashi, Tenri, JP;
Yuji Tanaka, Nara, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K021/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The counter circuit comprises the initial value single port RAM having N initial value registers allocated for memorizing N initial values, the counter register single port RAM having N counter registers allocated for memorizing N counting values, and the control circuit for performing a counting operation for each counter register. The control circuit performs the counting operation for each counter register on a time division basis by using a single arithmetic unit.