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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:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2012
Applicants:
Neil E. Birns, Cupertino, CA (US);
Craig A. Mackenna, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Neil E. Birns, Cupertino, CA (US);
Craig A. MacKenna, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A counter/timer circuit and a method of operating the counter/timer circuit are described. In one embodiment, a method of operating a counter/timer circuit involves determining a match condition by comparing a count value of the counter/timer circuit with a value stored in a match register of the counter/timer circuit and delaying an assertion of the match condition based on a value programmed in a match companion register of the counter/timer circuit. The match companion register is associated with the match register. Other embodiments are also described.