Multibit digital threshold comparator
CA 1258888 A · Owner: Rca Licensing Corporation · Inventors: Mayweather, William T. Iii
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A multibit digital threshold comparator is disclosed which comprises a source of a multibit digital input signal representing a signed arithmetic value and a, source of a threshold signal. Means are provided for producing a magnitude representative signal. The magnitude representative signal produced has either the value of the input signal or that of the ones complement of the input signal depending upon the sign of the value of the input signal. A comparator compares the magnitude representative signal to the threshold signal. The comparator performs one of two comparisons depending upon the sign of the value of the input signal. First, if the value of the input signal is of a first sign, …
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- Granted August 29, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 29, 2006.
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