Electronic digital logic circuitry – Multifunctional or programmable – Having details of setting or programming of interconnections...
Reexamination Certificate
2008-08-27
2011-10-25
Ismail, Shawki (Department: 2819)
Electronic digital logic circuitry
Multifunctional or programmable
Having details of setting or programming of interconnections...
C326S041000, C378S019000, C378S098800, C250S208100, C712S036000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08044681
ABSTRACT:
An application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) comprising a plurality of channels, each channel having circuitry for time and energy discrimination, a plurality of programmable registers, each programmable register configured to output at least one configuration parameter for the circuitry, and a channel-select register configured to identify a channel of the plurality of channels to be configured. The ASIC further includes a configuration-select register configured to identify the programmable register to be used for channel configuration, and a communications interface configured to transmit instructions received from a controller to one of the channel-select register, the configuration-select register, and the plurality of programmable registers.
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Du Yanfeng
Guo Jianjun
Rao Naresh Kesavan
Yanoff Brian David
DeCristofaro Richard A.
General Electric Company
Ismail Shawki
Tran Jany
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