Timer/counter using a register block

Details Timer/counter using a register block Timer/counter using a register block

1987-11-12

1990-07-03

Shaw, Gareth D.

Electrical pulse counters, pulse dividers, or shift registers: c

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364242, 3649427, G06F 702, H03K 2138

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049397559

ABSTRACT:
A timer/counter comprising an operation controller coupled to receive a control information for generating control signals for a selected operation, and a register block coupled to a bus and including a plurality of count registers, a corresponding number of timer registers storing various set values and a buffer circuit controlled by the operation controller to sequentially read data from one of the count registers to the bus and then write the data on the bus to the same count register. An incrementer is coupled to the bus and controlled by the operation controller to increment the data on the bus and to output an incremented data to the bus. A coincidence flag coupled to the register block is set when the incremented data in a count register of the timer block has coincided with a value stored in a corresponding timer register. A clear controller coupled to the coincidence flag clears the count register having the count value in coincidence with the value of the corresponding timer register.

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