Patents by Inventor Don A. Childers

Don A. Childers 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).

  • Storage circuitry using sense amplifier shared between memories of differing number of rows
    Patent number: 5986913
    Abstract: A processor (10) comprises a plurality of processing elements each having an input register (11), first memory bank (12), first sense amplifier (40), ALU (13), output register (16), second memory bank (15) and second sense amplifier (42). The first sense amplifier (40) is shared between the input register (11) and first memory bank (12). The second sense amplifier (42) is shared between the output register (16) and second memory bank (15). The sense amplifier (40,42) may be paused to prevent voltage spikes during a read/write operation, or to wait until a calculation is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Jimmie Don Childers, Seiichi Yamamoto, Masanari Takeyasu
  • Storage circuit
    Patent number: 5671187
    Abstract: A processor (10) comprises a plurality of processing elements each having an input register (11), first memory bank (12), first sense amplifier (40), ALU (13), output register (16), second memory bank (15) and second sense amplifier (42). The first sense amplifier (40) is shared between the input register (11) and first memory bank (12). The second sense amplifier (42) is shared between the output register (16) and second memory bank (15). The sense amplifier (40,42) may be paused to prevent voltage spikes during a readrite operation, or to wait until a calculation is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Jimmie Don Childers, Seiichi Yamamoto, Masanari Takeyasu
  • Knife blade sharpener
    Patent number: 4512111
    Abstract: A knife is supported on a movable saddle support member and the knife blade maintained at a set predetermined angle with respect to a sharpening stone during the sharpening process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1985
    Inventor: Don A. Childers