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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. 10, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2001
Applicants:
Brian Boles, Mesa, AZ (US);
Joseph W. Triece, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Joshua M. Conner, Apache Junction, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Brian Boles, Mesa, AZ (US);
Joseph W. Triece, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Joshua M. Conner, Apache Junction, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/24 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A processor processes a variable cycle interrupt disable instruction DISI X is provided. The instruction disables interrupt processing for a variable number of processor cycles corresponding to the value specified by the instruction operand X. The DISI X instruction may be strategically used by programmers to prevent interrupts from being taken during certain intervals within a program.