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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. 31, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2005
Applicants:
Eric R Campbell, Hertfordshire, GB;
Hugo R Simpson, Hertfordshire, GB;
Inventors:
Eric R Campbell, Hertfordshire, GB;
Hugo R Simpson, Hertfordshire, GB;
Assignee:
MBDA UK Limited, Hertfordshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated circuit (A) for multitasking support for processing unit (A) holds control variables for each task (or activity) to run on its associated processor (A) and identifies the next task that should run. The circuit (A) employs level-driven, clock free ripple logic and is configured as a two dimensional array of 'tiles', each tile being composed of simple logic gates and performing a dedicated function. The circuit has particular application to asynchronous multiple processor networks.