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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:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2002
Applicant:
Richard K. Chou, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
Richard K. Chou, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
NetLogic Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A range matching circuit () may include a range compare circuit () that receives a first range value from a first value store () and a second range value from a second range store (). A range compare circuit () can determine if a comparand value falls within a range defined by a first and second range value. A comparand value may also be applied to a compare section (). A compare section () can output an active a match result when a comparand value matches at least one entry in the compare section ().