Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm W. J. Brady
  • Patent number: 6567910
    Abstract: An improved microprocessor is provided having a program control unit for storing and then decoding instructions, a program address generation unit for generating addresses used to obtain instructions, an address register arithmetic unit for generating addresses for data, an arithmetic logic unit for performing operations on data, a shifter unit for shifting data in response to a predetermined instruction, a multiplier unit for performing multiplication of two input values; and a plurality of registers of which at least a portion are individually selectively associated with one or more of said units as a function of an instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Alexander Tessarolo, Peter N. Ehlig, Glenn Harland Hopkins, Venkatesh Natarajan
  • Patent number: 5528125
    Abstract: A buck-boost switch mode regulated power supply using a burst circuit topology includes a detection circuit to sense overcurrent in the high side connected power transistor. This causes the flip flop to flip which turns off the transistor. A comparator connected to the output voltage detects when the output voltage falls below the threshold value of the comparator and sends a signal to the flip flop which is reset upon the next pulse of a pulsed reset signal. When the flip flop is reset, the high side power transistor is turned back on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Andrew Marshall, Thomas A. Schmidt