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US 7,064,873 B2Granted
Integrated circuit
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorsPaul Lapstun, Kia Silverbrook
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Abstract
An integrated circuit fabricated on a single substrate that includes a data bus and purpose-specific functional units connected to the data bus. The functional units include a JAPE decoder and a printhead interface. A general-purpose processor is also connected to the data bus and controls the functional units by running software that coordinates the functional units to receive, expand and print pages.
Claims10
An integrated circuit fabricated on a single micro-chip wafer substrate comprising:
- a data bus;
- purpose-specific functional units operatively connected to said data bus, said functional units comprising:
- a JPEG decoder;
- and
- a printhead interface;
- and
- a general-purpose processor operatively connected to said data bus for controlling said functional units, wherein said processor is operative to run software that coordinates said functional units to receive, expand and print pages.
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