Patents by Inventor Ann H. Chen

Ann H. Chen 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).

  • Patent number: 8587465
    Abstract: A successive approximation analog-to-digital converter (SA-ADC) includes a reference generator configured to output a first voltage and a second voltage; a comparator, the comparator having a positive input and a negative input thereto, the comparator being configured to receive the first voltage and the second voltage; and a comparator input toggle located between the reference generator and the comparator, wherein the comparator input toggle is configured to receive the first and second voltages from the reference generator and provide the first and second voltages to the comparator, wherein the comparator input toggle is further configured to switch between a first position, in which the first voltage is connected to the positive input, and the second voltage is connected to the negative input, and a second position, in which the second voltage is connected to the positive input, and the first voltage is connected to the negative input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ann H. Chen, Michael S. Floyd, Birgit Schubert, Michael A. Sperling
  • Publication number: 20130088374
    Abstract: A successive approximation analog-to-digital converter (SA-ADC) includes a reference generator configured to output a first voltage and a second voltage; a comparator, the comparator having a positive input and a negative input thereto, the comparator being configured to receive the first voltage and the second voltage; and a comparator input toggle located between the reference generator and the comparator, wherein the comparator input toggle is configured to receive the first and second voltages from the reference generator and provide the first and second voltages to the comparator, wherein the comparator input toggle is further configured to switch between a first position, in which the first voltage is connected to the positive input, and the second voltage is connected to the negative input, and a second position, in which the second voltage is connected to the positive input, and the first voltage is connected to the negative input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ann H. Chen, Michael S. Floyd, Birgit Schubert, Michael A. Sperling
  • Patent number: 7996620
    Abstract: A cache memory high performance pseudo dynamic address compare path divides the address into two or more address segments. Each segment is separately compared in a comparator comprised of static logic elements. The output of each of these static comparators is then combined in a dynamic logic circuit to generate a dynamic late select output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yuen H. Chan, Ann H. Chen, Kenneth M. Lo, Shie-ei Wang
  • Patent number: 7592851
    Abstract: A high performance, set associative, cache memory tag multiplexer provides wide output pulse width without impacting hold time by separating the evaluation and restore paths and using a wider clock in the restore path than in the evaluation path. A clock controls the evaluation of the input signals. Its leading edge (i.e., rising edge) turns on NR to allow evaluation, its trailing edge (falling edge) turns off NR to stop evaluation. At this point, when NR is shut off, the inputs can start changing to set up for the next cycle. Hence the hold time of the input is determined by the clock trailing edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yuen H. Chan, Ann H. Chen, Antonio R. Pelella, Shie-ei Wang
  • Publication number: 20090189675
    Abstract: A high performance, set associative, cache memory tag multiplexer provides wide output pulse width without impacting hold time by separating the evaluation and restore paths and using a wider clock in the restore path than in the evaluation path. A clock controls the evaluation of the input signals. Its leading edge (i.e., rising edge) turns on NR to allow evaluation, its trailing edge (falling edge) turns off NR to stop evaluation. At this point, when NR is shut off, the inputs can start changing to set up for the next cycle. Hence the hold time of the input is determined by the clock trailing edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuen H. Chan, Ann H. Chen, Antonio R. Pelella, Shie-ei Wang
  • Publication number: 20090063774
    Abstract: A cache memory high performance pseudo dynamic address compare path divides the address into two or more address segments. Each segment is separately compared in a comparator comprised of static logic elements. The output of each of these static comparators is then combined in a dynamic logic circuit to generate a dynamic late select output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuen H. Chan, Ann H. Chen, Kenneth M. Lo, Shie-ei Wang