Patents by Inventor Alan Storvik

Alan Storvik has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Reconfigurable interface for coupling functional input/output blocks to limited number of I/O pins
    Patent number: 7660968
    Abstract: A reconfigurable processor includes a processor core for operating on a set of instructions to carry out predefined processes and includes a plurality of input/output pins in addition to a plurality of functional input/output blocks. These functional blocks allow the processing core to interface with the plurality of input/output pins, each of the functional input/output blocks having an associated and predetermined functionality. This functionality comprises the output as a function of the input, the function defined by the functionality. Each of the functional input/output blocks has a requirement for a defined number of the plurality of input/output pins wherein the total of the defined number for all of the plurality of functional input/output blocks exceeds the number of the plurality of input/output pins and wherein the processor core is interfaced with one of the input or output of each of the functional blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Inventors: Donald E. Alfano, Danny J. Allred, Douglas S. Piasecki, Kenneth W. Fernald, Ka Y. Leung, Brian Caloway, Alan Storvik, Paul Highley, Douglas R. Holberg
  • Integrated circuit package including programmable oscillators
    Patent number: 7504900
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package includes a processing core and an internal oscillator. The processing core operates on a set of instructions to carry out predefined processes. The internal oscillator provides a system clock for the integrated circuit package. The internal oscillator has associated therewith an internal control register for controlling the operation of the internal oscillator responsive to control bits of the internal oscillator controlled by the processing core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Silicon Labs CP, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Alfano, Danny J. Allred, Douglas S. Piasecki, Kenneth W. Fernald, Ka Y. Leung, Brian Caloway, Alan Storvik, Paul Highley, Douglas R. Holberg