Patents by Inventor Osvaldo Franco

Osvaldo Franco 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).

  • Patent number: 9939328
    Abstract: Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems, apparatus, and methods for temperature detection using multiple temperature controllers each having distributed temperature sensors that allow reading multiple sensor outputs in parallel for a wide range of covered area. The temperature controller may also have logic to calculate a local temperature controller maximum temperature, a maximum temperature of all sensors, provide software access to each sensor, easy software enablement through a software interface that allows access earlier than when chip operating system (OS) is booted, and the ability to enable and mask individual sensors or sensor groups through software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Charles Keith Bachand, Scott James Lemke, Ambarish Mukund Sule, Mohammad Ghasemazar, Osvaldo Franco
  • Publication number: 20160265982
    Abstract: Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems, apparatus, and methods for temperature detection using multiple temperature controllers each having distributed temperature sensors that allow reading multiple sensor outputs in parallel for a wide range of covered area. The temperature controller may also have logic to calculate a local temperature controller maximum temperature, a maximum temperature of all sensors, provide software access to each sensor, easy software enablement through a software interface that allows access earlier than when chip operating system (OS) is booted, and the ability to enable and mask individual sensors or sensor groups through software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Charles Keith BACHAND, Scott James LEMKE, Ambarish Mukund SULE, Mohammad GHASEMAZAR, Osvaldo FRANCO
  • Patent number: 8030959
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention includes a system for managing power to a plurality of devices-under-test (DUTs). The system comprises a DUT test system configured to perform at least one test associated with operation of the DUTs and to monitor current associated the at least one test of the plurality of DUTs. The DUT test system can communicate an instruction to a subset of the plurality of DUTs to cancel the at least one test if the monitored current is greater than a predetermined threshold. Each of the plurality of DUTs can comprise restart logic configured to restart the at least one test of the subset of the plurality of DUTs after being cancelled in response to the instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Osvaldo Franco, Robert W. Milhaupt, Daniel J. Cooper
  • Publication number: 20090309556
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention includes a system for managing power to a plurality of devices-under-test (DUTs). The system comprises a DUT test system configured to perform at least one test associated with operation of the DUTs and to monitor current associated the at least one test of the plurality of DUTs. The DUT test system can communicate an instruction to a subset of the plurality of DUTs to cancel the at least one test if the monitored current is greater than a predetermined threshold. Each of the plurality of DUTs can comprise restart logic configured to restart the at least one test of the subset of the plurality of DUTs after being cancelled in response to the instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Osvaldo Franco, Robert W. Milhaupt, Daniel J. Cooper
  • Patent number: 7555422
    Abstract: A system comprises a multi-core silicon-on-chip (SOC) device. The SOC device includes a core module, a test data shift path, a core power control module, and an emulation control module. The core module includes a TAP controller and a plurality of data registers. The test data shift path is operable to transport data shifted out of one or more of the data registers. The core power control module is operable to control the power status of the core module. The emulation control module includes a plurality of alternative registers operable to shift data into the test data shift path in the event that the core module is powered down by the core power control module such that the shift path continues uninterrupted. The emulation control module remains powered on regardless of the power status of the core module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Merril R. Newman, Osvaldo Franco, Robert W. Milhaupt
  • Publication number: 20070136047
    Abstract: A system comprises a multi-core silicon-on-chip (SOC) device. The SOC device includes a core module, a test data shift path, a core power control module, and an emulation control module. The core module includes a TAP controller and a plurality of data registers. The test data shift path is operable to transport data shifted out of one or more of the data registers. The core power control module is operable to control the power status of the core module. The emulation control module includes a plurality of alternative registers operable to shift data into the test data shift path in the event that the core module is powered down by the core power control module such that the shift path continues uninterrupted. The emulation control module remains powered on regardless of the power status of the core module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Merril Newman, Osvaldo Franco, Robert Milhaupt