Reporting a saturated counter value

Details Reporting a saturated counter value Reporting a saturated counter value

2011-04-12

2011-04-12

Ngo, Chuong D (Department: 2193)

Electrical computers: arithmetic processing and calculating

Electrical digital calculating computer

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C708S672000

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07925687

ABSTRACT:
A saturating count counts received event signals up to a first predetermined number. An overflow counter counts overflows up to a second predetermined number. The counter indicates overflow when the overflow count is non-zero and saturates and stops counting at a maximum count when the overflow count reaches the second predetermined number. The counter can be read via a register read operation. The sum of the sum of the first predetermined number of bits and the second predetermined number of bits being an integral multiple of 8 bits.

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