Abstract: A coding apparatus includes shift register, input register and logical operation section. The shift register performs bit shifting on an input bit sequence and stores one bit of the input bit sequence after another. The input register stores coefficients of terms on respective orders of a generator polynomial. The logical operation section obtains logical products of the respective bits stored on the shift register and associated bits stored on the input register and a logical product of each one bit input to the shift register and an associated bit stored on the input register so that the earlier a bit of the input bit sequence was input, the higher-order one of the coefficients in the terms of the polynomial the input bit is associated with. Next, the logical operation section derives an exclusive logical sum of the products and then outputs the sum as a bit of a code sequence.

Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit including a digital circuit and an analog circuit which are integrated on a single semiconductor chip comprises a first electrostatic destruction protection circuit, connected to a digital circuit, for protecting the digital circuit from destruction caused by ESD therein by an influence of an input digital signal and a second electrostatic destruction protection circuit, connected to an analog circuit, for protecting the analog circuit from destruction caused by ESD therein by an influence of an input analog signal. A first grounding conductor connected to the first electrostatic destruction protection circuit and a second grounding conductor connected to the second electrostatic destruction protection circuit are connected to each other outside the semiconductor integrated circuit.

Abstract: A digital signal processor capable of performing a Viterbi algorithm is provided. The digital signal processor includes an instruction fetching unit that fetches instructions; a decoding unit that decodes the instructions fetched by the instruction fetching unit, and an execution unit that executes the instructions decoded by the decoding unit. The execution unit includes a first comparing unit that compares first data with second data and a second comparing unit that compares third data with fourth data. The first comparing unit and the second comparing unit operate in parallel. Also, the first data, the second data, the third data, and the fourth data can each be one of four results obtained by adding one of two path metrics to one of two branch metrics. The execution unit outputs any two new path metrics in a high order position and a low order position respectively.

Abstract: A digital signal processor capable of performing a Viterbi algorithm is provided. The digital signal processor includes an instruction fetching unit that fetches instructions; a decoding unit that decodes the instructions fetched by the instruction fetching unit, and an execution unit that executes the instructions decoded by the decoding unit. The execution unit includes a first comparing unit that compares first data with second data and a second comparing unit that compares third data with fourth data. The first comparing unit and the second comparing unit operate in parallel. Also, the first data, the second data, the third data, and the fourth data can each be one of four results obtained by adding one of two path metrics to one of two branch metrics. The execution unit outputs any two new path metrics in a high order position and a low order position respectively.

Abstract: The present invention has a configuration in which it is detected whether an access request from a processor 10 to a memory 17 is a write request or a read request; the operation clock of the processor 10 is stopped for a predetermined number of clock cycles when the access request represents a read request to the memory 17; and the operation clock of the processor 10 is not stopped when the clock control request signal represents a write request to the memory 17.

Abstract: A method of operating a digital signal processor is provided. The digital signal processor may be provided as a radio communication mobile station, a radio communication base station apparatus, or a CDMA radio communication system. Each path metric PM1 and PM0 of an old state is added to each branch metric BM1 and BM0 separately. A path metric of a new state N is formed by comparing the value of PM1+BM1 to the value of PM0+BM0. A path metric of a new state N+2k−2 is formed by comparing the value of PM1+BM0 to PM0+BM1.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for diagnosing deterioration of an article having at least a covering layer made from an organic polymer material. The method comprises (i) forming a data group for deterioration diagnosis comprising deterioration diagnostic characteristic values and corresponding ultrasonic wave propagation characteristic values for samples having different material specifications, (ii) propagating an ultrasonic wave through the covering layer of the article to measure an ultrasonic wave propagation characteristic of the covering layer, and (iii) determining a corresponding deterioration diagnostic characteristic from the data group for the ultrasonic wave propagation characteristic of the covering layer.

Abstract: A first processor, a second processor, a memory and a clock supply unit are integrated together on a single chip. The first processor operates synchronously with a first internal clock signal. The second processor operates synchronously with a second internal clock signal. The memory operates synchronously with a third internal clock signal. The clock supply unit generates three clock signals, which are in phase with each other, from an external clock signal and supplies those clock signals as the first, second and third internal clock signals. The first and second processors share the memory via a data bus. Each of the processors has an internal reset signal.

Abstract: An address generation apparatus for generating a first address and a second address includes a first register for storing a first reference address; a second register for storing a second reference address; a third register for storing a first offset value with respect to the first reference address, the first offset value being designated by an instruction; a fourth register for storing a second offset value with respect to the second reference address, the second offset value being designated by the instruction; a first adder for adding the first reference address stored in the first register and the first offset value stored in the third register; a second adder for adding the second reference address stored in the second register and the second offset value stored in the fourth register; a fifth register for storing an output from the first adder as the first address; and a sixth register for storing an output from the second adder as the second address.

Abstract: A method of operating a digital signal processor is provided. The digital signal processor may be provided as a radio communication mobile station, a radio communication base station apparatus, or a CDMA radio communication system. Each path metric PM1 and PM0 of an old state is added to each branch metric BM1 and BM0 separately. A path metric of a new state N is formed by comparing the value of PM1+BM1 to the value of PM0+BM0. A path metric of a new state N+2k−2 is formed by comparing the value of PM1+BM0 to PM0+BM1.

Abstract: To enable high-speed CRC operation and flexible use of various generating polynomials without causing significant increase in circuit scale, the CRC operation unit uses circuits generally provided for a DSP and some additional circuits.

Abstract: A coding apparatus includes shift register, input register and logical operation section. The shift register performs bit shifting on an input bit sequence and stores one bit of the input bit sequence after another. The input register stores coefficients of terms on respective orders of a generator polynomial. The logical operation section obtains logical products of the respective bits stored on the shift register and associated bits stored on the input register and a logical product of each one bit input to the shift register and an associated bit stored on the input register so that the earlier a bit of the input bit sequence was input, the higher-order one of the coefficients in the terms of the polynomial the input bit is associated with. Next, the logical operation section derives an exclusive logical sum of the products and then outputs the sum as a bit of a code sequence.

Abstract: Two path metrics (PM0, PM1) are read from path metric storing means 1, and two path metrics (BM0, BM1) are read from branch metric storing means 3. An ACS operation is executed using PM0+MB0 and PM1+BM1 by comparing means 5, adding means 6, comparison result storing means 7, and selecting means 8. In parallel with the ACS operation, an ACS operation is executed using PM0+MB1 and PM1+BM0 by comparing means 9, adding means 10, comparison result storing means 11, and selecting means 12.

Abstract: A memory device including a first memory and a second memory. A first processor generates a first address for defining a location to be accessed in the first memory and a second address for defining a location to be accessed in the second memory. A second processor generates a third address. A memory control section controls access to the first memory and access to the second memory. The memory control section includes an address conversion section for converting the third address so as to represent either one of the first address and the second address.

Abstract: A program controller for use in a processor operating on pipe-line principles includes: a first memory section for outputting an instruction contained in a first program including a plurality of instructions; a second memory section for outputting an instruction contained in a second program including a plurality of instructions, the first program being different from the second program; a selection section for selecting either the instruction which is output from the first memory section or the instruction which is output from the second memory section; a determination section for determining whether or not the instruction selected by the selection section is an instruction for controlling the execution order of instructions; and a control section for, if the instruction selected by the selection section is determined as an instruction for controlling the execution order of instructions, controlling the selection section so as to switch from the selected instruction to the unselected instruction of either th

Abstract: A memory device including a first memory and a second memory. A first processor generates a first address for defining a location to be accessed in the first memory and a second address for defining a location to be accessed in the second memory. A second processor generates a third address. A memory control section controls access to the first memory and access to the second memory. The memory control section includes an address conversion section for converting the third address so as to represent either one of the first address and the second address.

Abstract: In a data processor for updating path metrics in Viterbi decoding, an ACS processing can be efficiently executed with small power consumption. An ACS processing unit obtains an updated path metric through an ACS processing on the basis of pre-update path metrics read from a memory. In the memory, two pre-update path metrics necessary for obtaining one updated path metric are stored in an even address and an odd address having common bits excluding the least significant bits, so that the two pre-update path metrics can be read through one access. In the first cycle, the ACS processing unit makes an access to the memory and obtains a first updated path metric through the ACS processing on the basis of the thus read two pre-update path metrics. In the second cycle, without making any access to the memory, the ACS processing unit obtains a second updated path metric through the ACS processing on the basis of the two pre-update path metrics read in the first cycle.

Abstract: An arithmetic apparatus in which while data read out of a memory is shifted by means of a barrel shifter by a shift bit number designated by data standing for an output signal of an inverter, data standing for an output signal of the barrel shifter is inputted to a shift register to thereby perform Viterbi decoding at a high speed.

Abstract: An interleaving memory system having a first memory device including a 0-bank and a 1-bank for simultaneously outputting data at even-numbered addresses from the 0-bank and data at odd-numbered addresses from the 1-bank, a second memory device including a 0-bank and a 1-bank for simultaneously outputting data at even-numbered addresses from the 0-bank and data at odd-numbered addresses from the 1-bank, and a holding device for holding data from one of the banks of one of the first memory device and the second memory device to delay an output of the data for 1/2 cycle time for sequential addressing. A controller controls first and second selection devices wherein the 0-bank and the 1-bank are alternatively selected when data is outputted either in an ascending order of consecutive addresses from the even-numbered addresses in the first or second memory devices, or in a descending order of consecutive addresses from the odd-numbered addresses in the first or second memory devices.

Abstract: The present invention provides a data input/output control device integrating a one-chip microcomputer together with a data transfer device and a processor, the data transfer device being constructed to transmit to and receive from an external apparatus serial data and the processor processing data inputted to the data transfer device and transmitting the processed data to the data transfer device to be further transmitted to the external apparatus, the date input/output control device characterized in that a clock of the data input/output control device for an operation thereof is a transfer clock utilized by the external apparatus and the transfer clock is slower than a clock for the processor.