FIELD: physics.
SUBSTANCE: device contains buffers with three states with a forward 5 and an inverse 4 enable inputs, n bits of the input binary number D1…, D2, , Dn, a sign of the input number Sign, n bits of the internal bus X1, X2, , … Xn, (k+1) bits (k = [log2n] smaller integer) of the output binary code B0, B1, , Bk, an … input block 1, an output block 3, the first AND element 8 and the second AND element 9, the three state buffers are combined into a pyramidal structure consisting of (m-1) steps (m=]log2n[ greater integer) and to the output block 3 containing k three-state buffers with the inverse resolution input 4 and k three-state buffers with the forward resolution input 5, each i stage 2i (i = 1…, (m-1)) contains (2i-1) buffers with three states with an inverse input, to each i-th stage 2i, logical AND elements 7 are input, and the input block 1 contains n buffers with three states with the inverse resolution input 4 and n buffers with three states with the forward resolution input and the inverse information input 6.
EFFECT: expanding the functionality in terms of the possibility of determining the highest single or zero digits for binary numbers with a sign, simply increasing the bit depth of the input information.
2 dwg, 1 tbl
