Patents Examined by Anand Shashikant Rao
  • Patent number: 6674805
    Abstract: In accordance with a specific embodiment of the present invention one of a first, second, and third reference signal generator is selected. When a first reference signal generator is selected, a value associated with the pulse width modulated register is compared to a second register to control generation of the reference clock. When a second reference signal generator is selected, a phase accumulator is used to generate the reference clock. When a third reference signal generator is selected, a digital phase locked loop generates the reference clock. The present invention is better understood with reference to specific embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: ATI Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Branko Kovacevic, Kevork Kechichian
  • Patent number: 6490324
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system, method and an apparatus for a digital video decoder, which includes a data processor that utilizes at least an encoded video data stream to produce one or more output streams. The one or more output streams includes at least a set of motion compensation instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Darryn McDade, Jefferson Eugene Owen