Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Comparator and memory region detection circuitry and methods
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Application No.: US15681467Application Date: 2017-08-21
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Publication No.: US10409721B2Publication Date: 2019-09-10
- Inventor: Simon John Craske
- Applicant: ARM LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: ARM LIMITED
- Current Assignee: ARM LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye PC
- Priority: GB1615639 20160914
- Main IPC: G06F5/10
- IPC: G06F5/10 ; G06F7/02 ; G06F12/02 ; G06F7/509 ; G06F17/50

Abstract:
Comparator circuitry comprises carry-save-addition (CSA) circuitry to generate a set of partial sum bits and a set of carry bits in respect of corresponding bit positions in a first input value, a second input value, a carry-in value associated with the first and second input values, and a third input value, the CSA circuitry comprising inverter circuitry to provide a relative inversion between the third input value and the group consisting of the first and second input values; and combiner circuitry to combine the set of partial sum bits, the set of carry bits offset by a predetermined number of bits in a more significant bit direction, the carry-in value and 1, to generate at least a carry output bit; in which the carry output bit is indicative of whether the third input value is greater than the sum of the first and second input values.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180074954A1 COMPARATOR AND MEMORY REGION DETECTION CIRCUITRY AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2018-03-15
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