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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:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2002
Applicant:
Tariq Kurd, Bristol, GB;
Inventor:
Tariq Kurd, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics Limited, Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides circuitry for carrying out a square root operation. The circuitry utilizes iteration circuitry for carrying out a plurality of iterations. The iteration circuitry includes a circuit for calculating a root multiple, the root multiple being a multiple of a current quotient value. The root multiple is used by the iteration circuitry to modify a current remainder.