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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2007
Applicants:
Dae-kun Yoon, Kyoungki-do, KR;
Kyung-hoon Kim, Kyoungki-do, KR;
Dae-han Kwon, Kyoungki-do, KR;
Taek-sang Song, Kyoungki-do, KR;
Inventors:
Dae-Kun Yoon, Kyoungki-do, KR;
Kyung-Hoon Kim, Kyoungki-do, KR;
Dae-Han Kwon, Kyoungki-do, KR;
Taek-Sang Song, Kyoungki-do, KR;
Assignee:
Hynix Semiconductor Inc., , KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06M 3/00 (2006.01); H03K 21/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A counter with overflow prevention capability includes a counting unit configured to count an output code in response to an input signal and an overflow preventing unit configured to control the counting unit to stop counting the output code when a current value of the output code is a maximum value but a previous value thereof is not the maximum value.