Control circuit of mutual exclusion elements

Details Control circuit of mutual exclusion elements Control circuit of mutual exclusion elements

1997-10-20

1999-08-24

Coleman, Eric

39580041, G06F 938

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059434910

ABSTRACT:
In certain systems where a series of stages are employed, it is desirable to control the action of a stage without possibility of interference form adjacent stages. A circuit of linked mutual exclusion elements is described which renders inactive the stages adjacent to an active stage, or inhibits action in a stage if any of its neighbors is active. This ensures that the stages adjacent to an active stage remain inactive, thereby avoiding problems associated with input events changing while an adjacent stage is active.

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