Patents Examined by Tuan P. Lam
  • Patent number: 5952859
    Abstract: A dynamic set/reset circuit is provided with a first feedback line and a second feedback line. The first feedback line provides an interlocked feedback signal which permits high frequency operation of the set/reset circuit. The second feedback line prevents the interlocked feedback signal from causing the circuit to improperly change state until the next cycle of the circuit. In this manner, the circuit will operate properly despite an unexpectedly wide pulse on an input line. The dual feedback can be used on the set or reset inputs of a set/reset circuit, or both, and the set/reset circuit can be used in various logic and high speed applications, such as within a microprocessor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Song Kim, Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 5886555
    Abstract: To produce pulses in a cyclically repetitive mode while modifying the production frequency, a counter looped on itself is used. The outputs of this counter are connected to the address inputs of a memory. The signals read in the memory represent pulses to be produced. When it is sought to increase the period of reading the totality of the memory gradually, some of the words of this memory are read for a greater period of time. In the invention, words are chosen for which this addressing will be maintained by comparing the reverse of the reading address with a given value and by deciding, as a function of the result of this comparison, whether the word read at this address must be read for a longer duration or not. It is shown that this circuit is very easy to make and requires but few components. The circuit made can be used particularly in the field of the control of three-phase synchronous motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Marco Bildgen, Maxime Tessier