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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:
Aug. 31, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2003
Applicant:
Douglas Garde, Dover, MA (US);
Inventor:
Douglas Garde, Dover, MA (US);
Assignee:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention comprises a hardware constructed address generator for a circular buffer which can be of any size and be in any position in memory. The address generator calculates both an absolute value and a wrapped value and selects one in accordance with whether the wrapped value falls within the boundaries of the buffer.