摘要:
A current mode circuit for the collumn-wise addition of partial product bits in a multiplier. The circuit includes a plurality of digital input terminals PP1-PP15 for receiving a binary input signal. A plurality of transistors 20 are each coupled to an input terminal and produce a current of i0 into a summing node 24 when the input terminal coupled thereto has a binary one signal thereon and no current when the input signal is a binary zero. The current in the summing node 24 is shunted to ground by a diode 30. A high order sum bit C3OUT is produced by a current sensing circuit including transistors 32 and 34 when the current into the summing node is equal or greater than 8i0. A second order sum bit C2OUT is produced by a current sensing circuit including transistors 42, 52 and 54 when the current in the summing node is greater than or equal to 12i0 or greater than or equal to 4i0 but less than 8i0. A third order sum bit C1OUT is produced by a current sensing circuit including transistors 44, 66, 60 and 68 when the current into the summing node is equal to 2i0, 3i0, 6i0, 7i0, 10i0, 11i0, 14i0, or 15i0. A fourth order sum bit SUM is produced by a current sensing circuit including transistors 46, 62, 74, 78, and 80 when the current into the summing node is equal to i0, 3i0, 5i0, 7i0, 9i0, 11i0, 13i0, or 15I0.
摘要:
The invention relates to a circuit by means of which all logic elements which can be represented in the form of a threshold equation can be produced. To this end, parallel transistors (T1, T2, T3, ..., Tn) of a transistor unit are dimensioned so that the transverse currents (It1, It2, It3, ..., Itn) flowing through the transistors (T1, T2, T3, ..., Tn) represents a weighted summand of a first term of the threshold equation. A second term in the threshold equation is formed by a reference current IR representing the value of the second term. An evaluation unit (BE) compares a total current found from the sum of the transverse currents (It1, It2, It3, ..., Itn with the reference current IR. The result of evaluation is provided in the form of a stable output signal at an output of the evaluation unit (BE).