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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2002
Richard J. Evans, Bristol, GB;
Richard J. Evans, Bristol, GB;
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
In association with a circuit for adding binary numbers, it is often useful to increment the sum by a value of 1, for example on a conditional basis. Each of the combined adder and incrementer circuits embodying the invention also provides an output indicating whether a CarryOut signal resulted from the incrementing operation, or whether the CarryOut signal resulted from the addition. The preferred embodiments utilize prefix-type adder circuits using a single carry chain. Alternate embodiments generate a CarryOut signal as a function of the incrementing operation, using either generate and propagate signals or from generate and kill signals from the carry chain.