ATE73566T1 - MULTI-PORT MEMORY AND SOURCE DEVICE FOR IMAGE POINT INFORMATION. - Google Patents

MULTI-PORT MEMORY AND SOURCE DEVICE FOR IMAGE POINT INFORMATION.

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Publication number
ATE73566T1
ATE73566T1 AT86400976T AT86400976T ATE73566T1 AT E73566 T1 ATE73566 T1 AT E73566T1 AT 86400976 T AT86400976 T AT 86400976T AT 86400976 T AT86400976 T AT 86400976T AT E73566 T1 ATE73566 T1 AT E73566T1
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Prior art keywords
mask means
shift registers
bit map
bidirectional
map memory
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AT86400976T
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German (de)
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Thomas C Stockebrand
Joel D Kaufman
Earle R Vickery Iii
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Digital Equipment Corp
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G09EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09GARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G5/00Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators
    • G09G5/34Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators for rolling or scrolling
    • G09G5/346Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators for rolling or scrolling for systems having a bit-mapped display memory
    • GPHYSICS
    • G09EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09GARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G5/00Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators
    • G09G5/36Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators characterised by the display of a graphic pattern, e.g. using an all-points-addressable [APA] memory
    • G09G5/39Control of the bit-mapped memory
    • GPHYSICS
    • G09EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09GARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G5/00Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators
    • G09G5/36Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators characterised by the display of a graphic pattern, e.g. using an all-points-addressable [APA] memory

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Image Input (AREA)
  • Controls And Circuits For Display Device (AREA)
  • Digital Computer Display Output (AREA)

Abstract

The present system includes, in a preferred embodiment, a plurality of bit map memory units which together define a large bit map memory. For each bit map memory unit there is also included a mask means and four extended shift registers. The shift registers can be loaded in parallel with pixel information through bidirectional data transmission channels which include bidirectional mask means. The pixel information can be routed through said bidirectional mask means to different address locations, or to the same address location, with certain of the pixel bits removed by the mask means. The shift registers have both serial and parallel input and output mans and are clocked at different speeds to accommodate different peripherals. At least a first shift register is designed to be serially read out at a relatively high rate which can be advantageously used by a video display device or the like. Information signals from the other shift registers are transferred at high speed (in parallel) into and out of the large bit map memory to said first shift register whereby pixel information signals are settled down before being routed from said first shift register. The bidirectional mask means and the bidirectional data transmission channels along with the multiplicity of shift registers permit the present system to handle many varied operations which operate at different speeds.
AT86400976T 1986-05-06 1986-05-06 MULTI-PORT MEMORY AND SOURCE DEVICE FOR IMAGE POINT INFORMATION. ATE73566T1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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EP86400976A EP0245564B1 (en) 1986-05-06 1986-05-06 A multiport memory and source arrangement for pixel information

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ATE73566T1 true ATE73566T1 (en) 1992-03-15

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DE69025439T2 (en) * 1989-07-28 1996-07-18 Texas Instruments Inc Graphic display system with a divided serial register
JPH07501164A (en) * 1991-11-21 1995-02-02 イマジネイション テクノロジーズ リミテッド Video/graphics memory system
US5473566A (en) * 1994-09-12 1995-12-05 Cirrus Logic, Inc. Memory architecture and devices, systems and methods utilizing the same

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US4546451A (en) * 1982-02-12 1985-10-08 Metheus Corporation Raster graphics display refresh memory architecture offering rapid access speed
JPS59180871A (en) * 1983-03-31 1984-10-15 Fujitsu Ltd Semiconductor memory device

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