Patents Represented by Law Firm Staas & Johnson LLP
  • Patent number: 5977663
    Abstract: A threshold gate with registration embedded in the threshold logic is disclosed. A go-to-NULL network and a go to-data network receives data input having an asserted state and a NULL state. A directive or acknowledge signal is received by the embedded registrations network. The directive signal indicates whether an asserted state or the NULL state is desired at the output signal line. A data processing network is coupled to the go-to-NULL network to provide an output signal based upon the go-to-NULL network, the go-to-data network and the registration network. The go-to-data network provides a network of switches that cause an asserted state at the output signal line when a number of the data inputs in the asserted state exceeds a predetermined threshold and the acknowledge signal is in the asserted state. The go-to-NULL network provides a network of switches that cause a NULL state at the output signal line when all of the data inputs are in the NULL state and the acknowledge signal is in the NULL state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Theseus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl M. Fant, David A. Parker