Patents Assigned to Nallatech, Ltd.
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Patent number: 6897677Abstract: A module standard for integrated circuit such as FPGAs is provided in which power supply voltages for daughtercards are not fixed in advance. Instead programmable power supplies are provided and a method is provided in which each daughtercard can specify the required power supply voltage. Thus, unlike prior-art systems, this modular system is backward and forward compatible with chips, such as FPGAs, from many process generations allowing easy upgrading as new FPGA families become available. A motherboard or baseboard for use with this invention includes a plurality of module connectors into which compatible modules or “daughtercards” can be plugged and a plurality of programmable power supplies. In a preferred embodiment there are four sets of module connectors and sixteen programmable power supplies. This allows each module to have four independently specifiable power supply voltages. A module may also connect several power supplies together in order to obtain higher current at a single voltage.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2004Date of Patent: May 24, 2005Assignee: Nallatech, Ltd.Inventors: Malachy Devlin, Allan J. Cantle
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Publication number: 20050088201Abstract: A module standard for integrated circuit such as FPGAs is provided in which power supply voltages for daughtercards are not fixed in advance. Instead programmable power supplies are provided and a method is provided in which each daughtercard can specify the required power supply voltage. Thus, unlike prior-art systems, this modular system is backward and forward compatible with chips, such as FPGAs, from many process generations allowing easy upgrading as new FPGA families become available. A motherboard or baseboard for use with this invention includes a plurality of module connectors into which compatible modules or “daughtercards” can be plugged and a plurality of programmable power supplies. In a preferred embodiment there are four sets of module connectors and sixteen programmable power supplies. This allows each module to have four independently specifiable power supply voltages. A module may also connect several power supplies together in order to obtain higher current at a single voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2004Publication date: April 28, 2005Applicant: NALLATECH, LTD.Inventors: Malachy Devlin, Allan Cantle
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Patent number: 6809548Abstract: A module standard for FPGAs is provided in which power supply voltages for daughtercards are not fixed in advance. Instead programmable power supplies are provided and a method is provided in which each daughtercard can specify the required power supply voltage. Thus, unlike prior-art systems, this modular system is backward and forward compatible with FPGA chips from many process generations allowing easy upgrading as new FPGA families become available. A motherboard or baseboard for use with this invention includes a plurality of module connectors into which compatible modules or “daughtercards” can be plugged and a plurality of programmable power supplies. In a preferred embodiment there are four sets of module connectors and sixteen programmable power supplies. This allows each module to have four independently specifiable power supply voltages. A module may also connect several power supplies together in order to obtain higher current at a single voltage.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2003Date of Patent: October 26, 2004Assignee: Nallatech, Ltd.Inventors: Malachy Devlin, Allan J. Cantle
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Publication number: 20040093529Abstract: A module standard for FPGAs is provided in which power supply voltages for daughtercards are not fixed in advance. Instead programmable power supplies are provided and a method is provided in which each daughtercard can specify the required power supply voltage. Thus, unlike prior-art systems, this modular system is backward and forward compatible with FPGA chips from many process generations allowing easy upgrading as new FPGA families become available. A motherboard or baseboard for use with this invention includes a plurality of module connectors into which compatible modules or “daughtercards” can be plugged and a plurality of programmable power supplies. In a preferred embodiment there are four sets of module connectors and sixteen programmable power supplies. This allows each module to have four independently specifiable power supply voltages. A module may also connect several power supplies together in order to obtain higher current at a single voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2003Publication date: May 13, 2004Applicant: Nallatech, Ltd.Inventors: Malachy Devlin, Allan J. Cantle
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Patent number: 6710621Abstract: A module standard for FPGAs is provided in which power supply voltages for daughtercards are not fixed in advance. Instead programmable power supplies are provided and a method is provided in which each daughtercard can specify the required power supply voltage. Thus, unlike prior-art systems, this modular system is backward and forward compatible with FPGA chips from many process generations allowing easy upgrading as new FPGA families become available. A motherboard or baseboard for use with this invention includes a plurality of module connectors into which compatible modules or “daughtercards” can be plugged and a plurality of programmable power supplies. In a preferred embodiment there are four sets of module connectors and sixteen programmable power supplies. This allows each module to have four independently specifiable power supply voltages. A module may also connect several power supplies together in order to obtain higher current at a single voltage.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2002Date of Patent: March 23, 2004Assignee: Nallatech, Ltd.Inventors: Malachy Devlin, Allan J. Cantle
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Publication number: 20020163826Abstract: A module standard for FPGAs is provided in which power supply voltages for daughtercards are not fixed in advance. Instead programmable power supplies are provided and a method is provided in which each daughtercard can specify the required power supply voltage. Thus, unlike prior-art systems, this modular system is backward and forward compatible with FPGA chips from many process generations allowing easy upgrading as new FPGA families become available. A motherboard or baseboard for use with this invention includes a plurality of module connectors into which compatible modules or “daughtercards” can be plugged and a plurality of programmable power supplies. In a preferred embodiment there are four sets of module connectors and sixteen programmable power supplies. This allows each module to have four independently specifiable power supply voltages. A module may also connect several power supplies together in order to obtain higher current at a single voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2002Publication date: November 7, 2002Applicant: Nallatech, Ltd.Inventors: Malachy Devlin, Allan J. Cantle