Patents Assigned to Convergent Technologies
  • Patent number: 4800380
    Abstract: A page mode memory controller for a multi-plane color video display providing three bits/pixel corresponding to three page partitioning in each of sixteen 64K dynamic RAMs is described. The three bits/pixel are routed to a color lookup table to provide a choice of eight colors from a palette of 64 colors. Graphic display information is combined with alphanumeric video information on a pixel-by-pixel basis. The combined graphic/alphanumeric information is then converted from a digital signal to an analog signal. Page mode reads access three color planes for video display cycles using a counter for the two least significant memory column address bits. To create the displayed image, vectors are drawn three times, once at each plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1989
    Assignee: Convergent Technologies
    Inventors: Richard W. Lowenthal, Larke E. Reeber, Drew S. Hoffman, Michael Ramsay