Method and apparatus for coordinating combinatorial logic-clocked state machines

A method of regulating a first sequential network dependency upon a second sequential network status signal, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing a first fixable sequential network having output determining inputs;
• providing a second sequential network;
• providing a trigger network;
• clocking said trigger network and said second sequential network by a common signal;
• supplying the second sequential network status signal to said trigger network to produce a triggering network signal;
• and
• fixing an output condition of said first fixable sequential network by supplying said triggering network signal to said output determining inputs of said first fixable sequential network.

A method for regulating a combination of state machines, said combination comprising a first fixable state machine and a second state machine, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing a trigger source having an output signal;
• clocking said trigger source and said second state machine from a common signal;
• supplying a second state machine status signal to said trigger source;
• fixing a first state machine condition by supplying said trigger source output signal to the first fixable state machine.

A sequential network system having constituent plural sequential networks, said system comprising:

• a first sequential network having a status signal;
• a triggering circuit having a triggering signal derived from said status signal;
• a clocking circuit having a clocking signal provided to said first sequential network and said triggering circuit, said clocking signal temporally relating said status signal and said triggering signal;
• and
• a second fixable sequential network having an output state imposed by said triggering signal in correspondence to said status signal.