Patents by Inventor Chuong D. Nguyen

Chuong D. Nguyen 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).

  • Selective configuration of operating programs stored in an application specific integrated circuit
    Patent number: 5852561
    Abstract: A method for configuring a program-controlled integrated circuit which contains default configuration data and includes input/output lines connectable to at least one external source of configuration data, the method including: a) determining whether an external source of configuration data is connected to the input/output lines; b) in response to a determination that an external source of configuration data is connected to the input/output lines, configuring the integrated circuit in accordance with that configuration data from that source; and c) in response to a determination that an external source of configuration data is not connected to the input/output lines, configuring the integrated circuit in accordance with the default configuration data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Rockwell Int'l. Corp.
    Inventors: Virginia M. Chan, Stephen C. Muller, Douglas M. Berger, Chuong D. Nguyen