Patents by Inventor Horst Diewald
Horst Diewald 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).
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Patent number: 9885740Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for tracking energy consumption. An energy tracking system comprises at least one switching element, at least one inductor and a control block to keep the output voltage at a pre-selected level. The switching elements are configured to apply the source of energy to the inductors. The control block compares the output voltage of the energy tracking system to a reference value and controls the switching of the switched elements in order to transfer energy for the primary voltage into a secondary voltage at the output of the energy tracking system. The electronic device further comprises an ON-time and OFF-time generator and an accumulator wherein the control block is coupled to receive a signal from the ON-time and OFF-time generator and generates switching signals for the at least one switching element in the form of ON-time pulses with a constant width ON-time.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2015Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Horst Diewald, Johann Zipperer, Peter Weber, Anton Brauchle
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Patent number: 9866121Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for tracking energy consumption. An energy tracking system comprises at least one switching element, at least one inductor and a control block to keep the output voltage at a pre-selected level. The switching elements are configured to apply the source of energy to the inductors. The control block compares the output voltage of the energy tracking system to a reference value and controls the switching of the switched elements in order to transfer energy for the primary voltage into a secondary voltage at the output of the energy tracking system. The electronic device further comprises an ON-time and OFF-time generator and an accumulator wherein the control block is coupled to receive a signal from the ON-time and OFF-time generator and generates switching signals for the at least one switching element in the form of ON-time pulses with a constant width ON-time.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Horst Diewald, Johann Zipperer, Peter Weber, Anton Brauchle
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Patent number: 9864420Abstract: A circuit, system, and method for tracking energy use in a electronic circuit. A circuit includes a DC-DC converter and a comparator. The DC-DC converter is configured to maintain a desired output voltage by switching energy to an energy storage device based on an output voltage of the energy storage device. The DC-DC converter includes an output driver configured to source current to the energy storage device. The comparator is coupled to the DC-DC converter. The comparator is configured to identify a drive state of the output driver, and to generate a signal indicative of amount of energy transferred from the DC-DC converter to a load circuit. The signal corresponds to the identified drive state.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Horst Diewald, Johann Zipperer, Peter Weber, Anton Brauchle
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Publication number: 20170212155Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for tracking energy consumption. An energy tracking system comprises at least one switching element, at least one inductor and a control block to keep the output voltage at a pre-selected level. The switching elements are configured to apply the source of energy to the inductors. The control block compares the output voltage of the energy tracking system to a reference value and controls the switching of the switched elements in order to transfer energy for the primary voltage into a secondary voltage at the output of the energy tracking system. The electronic device further comprises an ON-time and OFF-time generator and an accumulator wherein the control block is coupled to receive a signal from the ON-time and OFF-time generator and generates switching signals for the at least one switching element in the form of ON-time pulses with a constant width ON-time.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2017Publication date: July 27, 2017Inventors: Horst Diewald, Johann Zipperer, Peter Weber, Anton Brauchle
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Publication number: 20170102414Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for tracking energy consumption. An energy tracking system comprises at least one switching element, at least one inductor and a control block to keep the output voltage at a pre-selected level. The switching elements are configured to apply the source of energy to the inductors. The control block compares the output voltage of the energy tracking system to a reference value and controls the switching of the switched elements in order to transfer energy for the primary voltage into a secondary voltage at the output of the energy tracking system. The electronic device further comprises an ON-time and OFF-time generator and an accumulator wherein the control block is coupled to receive a signal from the ON-time and OFF-time generator and generates switching signals for the at least one switching element in the form of ON-time pulses with a constant width ON-time.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2016Publication date: April 13, 2017Inventors: Horst Diewald, Johann Zipperer, Peter Weber, Anton Brauchle
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Patent number: 9618545Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for tracking energy consumption. An energy tracking system comprises at least one switching element, at least one inductor and a control block to keep the output voltage at a pre-selected level. The switching elements are configured to apply the source of energy to the inductors. The control block compares the output voltage of the energy tracking system to a reference value and controls the switching of the switched elements in order to transfer energy for the primary voltage into a secondary voltage at the output of the energy tracking system. The electronic device further comprises an ON-time and OFF-time generator and an accumulator wherein the control block is coupled to receive a signal from the ON-time and OFF-time generator and generates switching signals for the at least one switching element in the form of ON-time pulses with a constant width ON-time.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Horst Diewald, Johann Zipperer, Peter Weber, Anton Brauchle
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Patent number: 9612834Abstract: A processor includes a plurality of execution units. At least one of the execution units is configured to execute a complex instruction that requires multiple instruction cycles to execute, and to enforce atomic execution of the complex instruction during a first-portion of the multiple instruction cycles required to execute the complex instruction. The at least one of the execution units is further configured to enable execution of the complex instruction to be interrupted for execution of a different instruction by the at least one execution unit during execution of a second portion of the multiple instruction cycles. The first portion and the second portion are non-overlapping.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2012Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Horst Diewald, Johann Zipperer
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Patent number: 9542179Abstract: A program optimizer includes an energy tracking system, an energy monitoring system, and a code generation control system. The energy tracking system measures a pulse signal of a DC-DC converter that provides energy to a processor. The energy monitoring system determines, based on values received from the energy tracking system, attributes of operation of the processor. The code generation control system determines whether the values indicate that the execution of a first version of a program uses an amount of energy that is outside a predefined energy range, and to: 1) identify a parameter of an instruction generator that if changed will cause a second version of the program, when to use an amount of energy that is within the predefined energy range; 2) change a value of the identified first parameter; and 3) produce a second version of the program based on the changed value of the first parameter.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2013Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Horst Diewald, Johann Zipperer, Peter Weber, Anton Brauchle
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Publication number: 20170003973Abstract: A processor includes a plurality of execution units. At least one of the execution units is configured to determine, based on a field of a first instruction, a number of additional instructions to execute in conjunction with the first instruction and prior to execution of the first instruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Inventors: Horst Diewald, Johann Zipperer
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Patent number: 9523724Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for tracking energy consumption. An energy tracking system comprises at least one switching element, at least one inductor and a control block to keep the output voltage at a pre-selected level. The switching elements are configured to apply the source of energy to the inductors. The control block compares the output voltage of the energy tracking system to a reference value and controls the switching of the switched elements in order to transfer energy for the primary voltage into a secondary voltage at the output of the energy tracking system. The electronic device further comprises an ON-time and OFF-time generator and an accumulator wherein the control block is coupled to receive a signal from the ON-time and OFF-time generator and generates switching signals for the at least one switching element in the form of ON-time pulses with a constant width ON-time.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2013Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Horst Diewald, Johann Zipperer, Peter Weber, Anton Brauchle
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Publication number: 20160336860Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for tracking energy consumption. An energy tracking system comprises at least one switching element, at least one inductor and a control block to keep the output voltage at a pre-selected level. The switching elements are configured to apply the source of energy to the inductors. The control block compares the output voltage of the energy tracking system to a reference value and controls the switching of the switched elements in order to transfer energy for the primary voltage into a secondary voltage at the output of the energy tracking system. The electronic device further comprises an ON-time and OFF-time generator and an accumulator wherein the control block is coupled to receive a signal from the ON-time and OFF-time generator and generates switching signals for the at least one switching element in the form of ON-time pulses with a constant width ON-time.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventors: Horst Diewald, Johann Zipperer, Peter Weber, Anton Brauchle
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Patent number: 9471317Abstract: A processor includes a plurality of execution units. At least one of the execution units is configured to determine, based on a field of a first instruction, a number of additional instructions to execute in conjunction with the first instruction and prior to execution of the first instruction.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2012Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Horst Diewald, Johann Zipperer
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Patent number: 9400296Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for tracking energy consumption. An energy tracking system comprises at least one switching element, at least one inductor and a control block to keep the output voltage at a pre-selected level. The switching elements are configured to apply the source of energy to the inductors. The control block compares the output voltage of the energy tracking system to a reference value and controls the switching of the switched elements in order to transfer energy for the primary voltage into a secondary voltage at the output of the energy tracking system. The electronic device further comprises an ON-time and OFF-time generator and an accumulator wherein the control block is coupled to receive a signal from the ON-time and OFF-time generator and generates switching signals for the at least one switching element in the form of ON-time pulses with a constant width ON-time.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2016Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Horst Diewald, Johann Zipperer, Peter Weber, Anton Brauchle
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Publication number: 20160188326Abstract: A processor includes a plurality of execution units. At least one of the execution units is configured to repeatedly execute a first instruction based on a first field of the first instruction indicating that the first instruction is to be iteratively executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2016Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Horst Diewald, Johann Zipperer
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Patent number: 9354876Abstract: A processor includes a processor core. The processor core includes a first execution unit and a second execution unit. The first execution unit is configured to 1) execute a complex instruction that requires multiple instruction cycles to execute; 2) generate a wait signal that when asserted suspends execution of instructions by the second execution unit for at least a portion of the execution of the complex instruction; and 3) maintain information defining parameters of the wait signal generation across interruption of the complex instruction by execution of a different instruction in the first execution unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2013Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Horst Diewald, Johann Zipperer
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Patent number: 9342312Abstract: A processor includes an instruction storage memory, a processor core, and an instruction merge unit. The processor core includes a plurality of execution units coupled to the instruction storage memory. A first of the execution units is configured to execute instructions provided from the instruction storage memory via a first instruction path, and to execute instructions provided by a second of the execution units via a second instruction path. The second of the execution units is configured to execute instructions provided from the instruction storage memory, and to provide instructions for execution to the first of the execution units via the second instruction path. The instruction merge unit is configured to merge the instructions provided via the first and second instruction paths into a stream of instructions to be executed by the first execution unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2013Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Horst Diewald, Johann Zipperer
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Publication number: 20160116514Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for tracking energy consumption. An energy tracking system comprises at least one switching element, at least one inductor and a control block to keep the output voltage at a pre-selected level. The switching elements are configured to apply the source of energy to the inductors. The control block compares the output voltage of the energy tracking system to a reference value and controls the switching of the switched elements in order to transfer energy for the primary voltage into a secondary voltage at the output of the energy tracking system. The electronic device further comprises an ON-time and OFF-time generator and an accumulator wherein the control block is coupled to receive a signal from the ON-time and OFF-time generator and generates switching signals for the at least one switching element in the form of ON-time pulses with a constant width ON-time.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2016Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Horst Diewald, Johann Zipperer, Peter Weber, Anton Brauchle
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Publication number: 20160109490Abstract: A circuit, system, and method for tracking energy use in a electronic circuit. A circuit includes a DC-DC converter and a comparator. The DC-DC converter is configured to maintain a desired output voltage by switching energy to an energy storage device based on an output voltage of the energy storage device. The DC-DC converter includes an output driver configured to source current to the energy storage device. The comparator is coupled to the DC-DC converter. The comparator is configured to identify a drive state of the output driver, and to generate a signal indicative of amount of energy transferred from the DC-DC converter to a load circuit. The signal corresponds to the identified drive state.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2014Publication date: April 21, 2016Inventors: Horst Diewald, Johann Zipperer, Peter Weber, Anton Brauchle
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Publication number: 20160077138Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for tracking energy consumption. An energy tracking system comprises at least one switching element, at least one inductor and a control block to keep the output voltage at a pre-selected level. The switching elements are configured to apply the source of energy to the inductors. The control block compares the output voltage of the energy tracking system to a reference value and controls the switching of the switched elements in order to transfer energy for the primary voltage into a secondary voltage at the output of the energy tracking system. The electronic device further comprises an ON-time and OFF-time generator and an accumulator wherein the control block is coupled to receive a signal from the ON-time and OFF-time generator and generates switching signals for the at least one switching element in the form of ON-time pulses with a constant width ON-time.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Inventors: Horst Diewald, Johann Zipperer, Peter Weber, Anton Brauchle
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Patent number: 9280344Abstract: A processor includes a plurality of execution units. At least one of the execution units is configured to repeatedly execute a first instruction based on a first field of the first instruction indicating that the first instruction is to be iteratively executed.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2012Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Horst Diewald, Johann Zipperer