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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2004
Colin Scott Ramsay, Edinburgh, GB;
Graham J. Mccorkell, Edinburgh, GB;
Roger Charles Peppiette, Edinburgh, GB;
Colin Scott Ramsay, Edinburgh, GB;
Graham J. McCorkell, Edinburgh, GB;
Roger Charles Peppiette, Edinburgh, GB;
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Abstract
A state machine implemented controller is provided in which a logic coreis reconfigurable in response to state data held within a memory. Thus, on transition from one state to a next state the data held within the memoryis used to reconfigure the operation of the logic core. This enables a relatively compact logic coreto be used time and time again, thereby avoiding the need to individually define a logic core appropriate to each individual one of the states that the state machine can enter into. This results in a controller which is much more compact on an integrated circuit die than is the case with prior art controllers.