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High speed binary counter
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1981-05-04
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Granted: 1983-10-04
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Expires: 2001-05-04
Abstract
Abstract A plurality of two stage Gray code counters are connected in series to generate a multiple bit pseudo Gray code count C 0 , C 1 , . . . , C 7 . A binary count B 0 , B 1 , . . . , B 7 is then generated by using the odd subscripted bits C 1 , C 3 , C 5 , C 7 of the pseudo Gray code as the binary count bits B 1 , B 3 , B 5 , B 7 and generating the even subscripted bits of the binary count B 0 , B 2 , B 4 , B 6 by Exclusive ORing the odd and even position counts of each two stage Gray code counter together in Exclusive OR circuits.
Inventors
- 👤 Sumit Dasgupta
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 19:55
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03K; H03K21/00; H03K21/08; H03K21/12; H03K23/00; H03K23/004; H03K23/005
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
181 words
A binary counter comprising, N two stage Gray code counters each capable of generating a two bit gray code count, circuit means coupling said N two stage Gray code counters together for generating a 2N digit pseudo gray code count, C 0 , C 1 , . . . , C 2N-1 , N Exclusive OR means each for Exclusive ORing each odd and even bit output position of every N two stage Gray code counter together and, binary output means for generating a 2 N digit binary count B 0 , B 1 , . . . B 2N-1 including means for using the output of the second stage of the two stage Gray code counters as the bits B 1 , B 3 , B 5 , . . . , B 2N-1 in the binary count and the output of the Exclusive OR circuits as the bits B 0 , B 2 , B 4 , . . . , B 2N-2 in the binary count whereby the pseudo Gray code count is converted to a binary count.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
181 words
A binary counter comprising, N two stage Gray code counters each capable of generating a two bit gray code count, circuit means coupling said N two stage Gray code counters together for generating a 2N digit pseudo gray code count, C 0 , C 1 , . . . , C 2N-1 , N Exclusive OR means each for Exclusive ORing each odd and even bit output position of every N two stage Gray code counter together and, binary output means for generating a 2 N digit binary count B 0 , B 1 , . . . B 2N-1 including means for using the output of the second stage of the two stage Gray code counters as the bits B 1 , B 3 , B 5 , . . . , B 2N-1 in the binary count and the output of the Exclusive OR circuits as the bits B 0 , B 2 , B 4 , . . . , B 2N-2 in the binary count whereby the pseudo Gray code count is converted to a binary count.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
The binary counter of claim 1 wherein both stages in each of said N two stage counters receives a clock pulse from an AND gate means which ANDs the outputs of all lower order stages of said binary counter with a first timing pulse.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
65 words
The binary counter of claim 2 wherein the count of the first stage of each two stage Gray code counter is the input to the second stage of the same two stage Gray code counter and the complement output of the second stage of each two stage Gray code counter is the input to the first stage of the same two stage Gray code counter.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
The binary counter of claim 3 wherein each stage of every two stage Gray code counter includes two latches with the output of the first latch functioning as the input to the second latch.
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