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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2007
Christopher Jacobs, Bedford, NH (US);
Andreas D. Olofsson, Lexington, MA (US);
Paul Kettle, Boston, MA (US);
Christopher Jacobs, Bedford, NH (US);
Andreas D. Olofsson, Lexington, MA (US);
Paul Kettle, Boston, MA (US);
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for generating a digital signal pattern at M outputs involves retrieving an instruction from memory comprising a first set of bits identifying a first group of N outputs that includes fewer than all of the M outputs, and a second set of N bits each corresponding to a respective output included in the identified first group of N outputs. For each of the M outputs that is included in the identified first group of N outputs, the signal at the output is toggled if the one of the N bits corresponding to that output is in a first state and is kept in the same state if the one of the N bits corresponding to that output is in a second state. For each of the M outputs that is not included in the identified first group of N outputs, the signal at that output is kept in the same state.