Patents by Inventor Stephen Strode

Stephen Strode 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).

  • Method and apparatus for controlling an average fill level of an asynchronous first-in-first-out, FIFO
    Patent number: 10579331
    Abstract: A fill level control apparatus configured to control the average fill level of an asynchronous first-in-first-out, FIFO, the fill level control apparatus comprising an offset calculation unit adapted to or configured to calculate the offset between a programmable target average fill level and the current average fill level of the FIFO and an adjustment unit adapted to or configured to adjust continuously the empty rate of the FIFO in response to the calculated offset to keep the average fill level of the FIFO constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: ADVA OPTICAL NETWORKING SE
    Inventor: Stephen Strode
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AN AVERAGE FILL LEVEL OF AN ASYNCHRONOUS FIRST-IN-FIRST-OUT, FIFO
    Publication number: 20180373495
    Abstract: A fill level control apparatus configured to control the average fill level of an asynchronous first-in-first-out, FIFO, the fill level control apparatus comprising an offset calculation unit adapted to or configured to calculate the offset between a programmable target average fill level and the current average fill level of the FIFO and an adjustment unit adapted to or configured to adjust continuously the empty rate of the FIFO in response to the calculated offset to keep the average fill level of the FIFO constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventor: Stephen Strode