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Technique for concurrent detection of bit patterns

  • US 5,894,427 A
  • Filed: 11/12/1997
  • Issued: 04/13/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for concurrently detecting a first and subsequent occurrences of a bit pattern in a bit string comprising:

  • a plurality of first logic modules forming a first level of a logic hierarchy, wherein each of said first logic modules is coupled to receive successive bits of said bit string and for generating a state output and a plurality of partial address outputs, corresponding to bit values and bit locations for said successive bits received;

    a plurality of second logic modules arranged in a decreasing array below said first level to form subsequent levels of said logic hierarchy, until a final second logic module resides at a final level of said logic hierarchy;

    said second logic modules coupled to receive state and partial address outputs from more than one of said first or second logic modules of a previous level and for generating a subsequent state output and partial addresses to a respective subsequent level based on received states and partial addresses, until a final state and partial address outputs are generated to identify detection and locations of said bit pattern occurrences.

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