Programmably controlled shifting mechanism in a programmable unit having variable data path widths
CA 1265254 C · Owner: Woodward, Thomas Ralph · Inventors: Woodward, Thomas Ralph
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A shifting mechanism which includes a plurality of levels of multiplexors for handling incoming data formats of various data path widths. The inherent wiring of these multiplexors is designed to perform shifting of data segments of the maximum size handled by the shifter. Shifting of data segments of lesser length is accomplished by specialized control of the first and third levels of multiplexors without requiring any additional circuitry within the shifter's data paths.
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- Granted January 30, 1990. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 30, 2007.
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