Range recognizer employing a single range internally partitioned by monotonically increasing boundary values

摘要

A range recognizer arrangement in accordance with the subject invention, requires only five IC pins to convey an encoded signal from a group of four range recognizers, and requires only twelve IC pins to convey an encoded signal from a group of over one thousand range recognizers. The subject range recognizer arrangement includes circuitry for combining and monotonically sorting all of the predetermined range boundaries, rather than treating each range recognizer as a separate unit. A range recognizer arrangement in accordance with the subject invention is suitable for use with test and measurement instruments such as a logic analyzer or the like.