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US 6,222,900 B1Granted
Counter device
AssigneeMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTetsuya Hara
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Abstract
There is provided a counter device comprising a master counter for counting an input signal applied thereto and a plurality of local counters disposed in a plurality of functional blocks, respectively, each for counting the input signal applied thereto, and for holding a count value corresponding to a plurality of bits of a count value of the master counter. A bus is disposed for each of the plurality of functional blocks to refer to remaining bits of the count value of the master counter.
Claims11
A counter device comprising:
- a master counter for counting an input signal applied thereto;
- a plurality of local counters disposed in a plurality of functional blocks, respectively, each for counting the input signal applied thereto, and for holding a count value corresponding to a plurality of bits of a count value of said master counter;
- and
- a bus used for each of said plurality of functional blocks to refer to remaining bits of the count value of said master counter.
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A counter device comprising:
- a master counter for counting an input signal applied thereto;
- a plurality of local counters disposed in a plurality of functional blocks, respectively, each for counting the input signal applied thereto, and for holding a count value corresponding to a plurality of bits of a count value of said master counter;
- a bus used for each of said plurality of functional blocks to refer to remaining bits of the count value of said master counter;
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- counter setting means, responsive to a control signal, for setting said master counter at a predetermined count value and for setting each of said plurality of local counters at a value of said plurality of bits of said predetermined count value.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.