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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2006

Filed:

Aug. 27, 2002
Applicant:

Alberto Battaia, Ispra, IT;

Inventor:

Alberto Battaia, Ispra, IT;

Assignee:

STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The timing system includes a plurality of timing units interconnected to perform a count operation. Software programmable registers interconnect the plurality of timing units, and a control circuit generates a clock signal for the plurality of timing units. The control circuit includes an interface for connection to an external bus to receive and transmit data.


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