The power consumption by a combinational logic circuit having primary input and output terminals is reduced. The constituent gates of the combinational logic are clustered in terms of the operating voltage levels thereof. First, the gates driven with the highest operating voltage are clustered just adjacent to the primary input terminals. Next, the gates driven with the next higher voltage are clustered adjacent to the primary input terminals only through the gates driven with the highest voltag...

For a system such as a combinational weighing system that requires a large number of parameters to be set for its operation, groups of parameters which frequently assume same sets of values are identified and each of such sets is assigned a reservation number. Memory space for storing values assumed by the parameters can be reduced if these values are grouped by such frequently occurring combinations and the user specifies a single reservation number instead of specifying values of the individua...

An array combinational type of windshield wiper comprises an elastic curved strip, a supporting mount, and a plural of lodging blocks and counterweight blocks disposed on the elastic strip in an array. Two enclosing sheaths are disposed on the elastic strip such that they are coupled to the array of lodging blocks and counterweight blocks. This arrangement provides flexibility in matching the length of the array of lodging blocks and counterweight blocks with the length of the elastic curved str...

A system has a reduced sensitivity to Single Event Upset and/or Single Event Transient(s) compared to traditional logic devices. In a particular embodiment, the system includes an input, a logic block, a bias stage, a state machine, and an output. The logic block is coupled to the input. The logic block is for implementing a logic function, receiving a data set via the input, and generating a result f by applying the data set to the logic function. The bias stage is coupled to the logic block. T...

A combinational circuit comprises: a plurality of multipliers, independently performing two or more multiplications for coded digital signals in a Galois extension field GF(2.sup.m) (m is an integer equal to or greater than 2), wherein the multipliers include an input side XOR calculator, an AND calculator, and an output side XOR calculator, and wherein the multipliers share the input side XOR calculator. Further, according to the present invention, these multipliers each include an adder connec...

A picture element for an electro-luminescent display comprises a substrate, a first intermediate structure disposed above a first area of the substrate, at least one first color type electro-luminescent device disposed above the first intermediate structure, a second intermediate structure disposed above a second area of the substrate, and at least one second color type electro-luminescent device disposed above the second intermediate structure. The second intermediate structure is different fro...

Signal processing with reduced combinatorial complexity for tracking evolving phenomena such as radar tracks associated with weighted measurement parameters includes selecting a current phenomenon and obtaining a set of measurement parameters associated with it. Beginning at a start node providing a first parent node having an identity, an identity for a child node of the patent is produced from the sets of parameters, the parent identity and a parameter selected from the set and corresponding t...

A re-configurable combinational logic device. The device comprises combinational logic that inputs a number of signals and a memory array for storing data to define Boolean expressions for a number of states. The states have Boolean expressions of selected signals of the signals input to the combinational logic. The combinational logic is configurable, in response to the data, to select the signals as operands for said Boolean expression and to output a signal that is the result of the Boolean e...

A combinational power cord for multimedia use includes one or more multimedia power devices mutually connected to provide power and to enable data transmission among different multimedia devices. The combinational power cord is extensible by connecting a plurality of multimedia power devices to provide power and signal connection at the same time without any circuit redesign, thereby fulfilling the data transmission requirements and connectivity of different multimedia devices.

A built-in self test (BIST) circuit verifies the operation of a circuit under test in an integrated circuit. The BIST generates a series of test vectors with linear feedback shift register (LFSR) and applies the test vectors to the circuit under test. The output signal from the circuit under test in response to the test vectors is routed back and accumulating in a predetermined manner in the LFSR for providing a test signature. Thus, the same components in the LFSR generating the test vector als...