Patents by Inventor Francis G. Melinn

Francis G. Melinn 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).

  • Integrated circuit and method of employing a processor in an integrated circuit
    Patent number: 8180919
    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present invention, an intelligent framer/mapper integrates the framer, mapper, and the controlling function of the host processor, implemented as either a soft processor or an embedded processor, into a single device, such as a programmable logic device. The use of the soft processor or embedded processors on the device reduces the load on the host processor on the line card. According to some aspects of the invention, the devices takes advantage of an embedded, dedicated processor and/or soft processor(s) to allow for a distributed processing on a single chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis G. Melinn, Amit Dhir