Patents by Inventor Jennifer Faye Huckaby

Jennifer Faye Huckaby 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).

  • Implementation of a fusing scheme to allow internal voltage trimming
    Patent number: 7539075
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for adjusting trim settings for internally generated voltages of an integrated circuit device are provided. In one embodiment the apparatus receives a target digital value for an internally generated voltage, and compares the target digital value to a current digital value for the internally generated voltage. If the comparison indicates that a difference between the target digital value and the current digital value is greater than an allowable threshold, a trim setting used to trim the internally generated voltage is adjusted based on the difference. The trim setting may be adjusted until the difference between the target digital value and the current digital value is less than or equal to the allowable threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Jennifer Faye Huckaby, George William Alexander, Steven Michael Baker, David SuitWai Ma
  • Implementation of a fusing scheme to allow internal voltage trimming
    Patent number: 7277350
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for adjusting trim settings for internally generated voltages of an integrated circuit device are provided. In one embodiment the apparatus receives a target digital value for an internally generated voltage, and compares the target digital value to a current digital value for the internally generated voltage. If the comparison indicates that a difference between the target digital value and the current digital value is greater than an allowable threshold, a trim setting used to trim the internally generated voltage is adjusted based on the difference. The trim setting may be adjusted until the difference between the target digital value and the current digital value is less than or equal to the allowable threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Jennifer Faye Huckaby, George William Alexander, Steven Michael Baker, David SuitWai Ma
  • Method and apparatus for temperature throttling the access frequency of an integrated circuit
    Patent number: 6847911
    Abstract: A method of throttling the frequency with which an integrated circuit is accessed includes sensing the temperature of the integrated circuit die and converting the sensed temperature to a digital signal. The digital signal is stored in a register of the integrated circuit. The digital signal is read, and the frequency with which the integrated circuit is accessed is adjusted dependent at least in part upon the temperature of the die as indicated by the digital signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Jennifer Faye Huckaby, Torsten Partsch, Johnathan Edmonds
  • Method and apparatus for temperature throttling the access frequency of an integrated circuit
    Publication number: 20040024561
    Abstract: A method of throttling the frequency with which an integrated circuit is accessed includes sensing the temperature of the integrated circuit die and converting the sensed temperature to a digital signal. The digital signal is stored in a register of the integrated circuit. The digital signal is read, and the frequency with which the integrated circuit is accessed is adjusted dependent at least in part upon the temperature of the die as indicated by the digital signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Jennifer Faye Huckaby, Torsten Partsch, Johnathan Edmonds