Patents Represented by Attorney Matthew J. Booth & Wright, L.L.P. Booth
  • Patent number: 6069497
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for a N-nary logic circuit that comprises a logic tree circuit that couples to a first set of input logic paths, a second set of input logic paths, and a set of output logic paths, which all use 1 of N signals where one and only one of the N logic paths is active during an evaluation cycle. The preferred embodiment of the present invention uses 1 of 4 signals, while other embodiments of present invention include 1 of 2 signals, 1 of 3 signals, 1 of 8 encoding, and the general embodiment of the 1 of N signals. The logic tree circuit evaluates a given function that includes, for example, an AND/NAND function, an OR/NOR function, or an XOR/Equivalence function. The logic tree circuit uses a single, shared logic tree with multiple evaluation paths for evaluating the function of the logic circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: EVSX, Inc.
    Inventors: James S. Blomgren, Terence M. Potter, Stephen C. Horne, Michael R. Seningen, Anthony M. Petro