Patents by Inventor Bob Helmick

Bob Helmick 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: 5430408
    Abstract: A transmission gate circuit 20 includes a pull-up control circuit 15, a pull-down control circuit 17, and an electrical switch 19. Pull-up control circuit 15 and electrical switch 19 provide fast, complete transition from low-to-high at the output of circuit 20 thus improving circuit 20 speed as well as improving the switching speed of subsequent gates. Pull-down control circuit 17 and electrical switch 19 provide complete transition from high-to-low at the output of circuit 20. Transmission gate circuit 17 also provides increased drive such that circuit 20 may provide a gate fanout increase of 3X.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1995
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin Ovens, Clive Bittlestone, Bob Helmick
  • Patent number: 5381455
    Abstract: An interleaved shift register 20 includes a plurality of data storage elements 22a-22d having a common data input signal. Each of the plurality of data storage elements 22a-22d has an enable control input that is connected to one of a plurality of clock signals, each of the plurality of clock signals being incrementally out of phase with one another. Interleaved shift register 20 provides multiple data bits of the data signal to be stored within a single clock period of one of the plurality of clock signals, thus greatly improving the data rate without increasing the storage rate of the plurality of data storage elements 22a-22d.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin Ovens, Clive Bittlestone, Bob Helmick