Patents by Inventor Adrian Messmer

Adrian Messmer 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).

  • Extension for the advanced microcontroller bus architecture (AMBA)
    Patent number: 6857037
    Abstract: System (50), e.g. a System on a chip (SoC), comprising a system bus (56), a high-speed functional block (51) operably linked to the system bus (56), and a high-speed clock line (54) for applying a high-speed clock to the high-speed functional block (51). The system (50) further comprises a peripheral bus (59), a low-speed functional block (52) operably linked to this peripheral bus (59), a circuitry (53) for generating a wait signal (PWAIT), a low-speed clock line (57) for applying a low-speed clock (PCLK) to the low-speed functional block (52), a select line (58) for feeding a select signal (PSEL) from the peripheral bus (59) to the low-speed functional block (52), an enable line (55) for applying a clock enable signal (PCLKEN) to the circuitry (53), and a wait line (61) for feeding the wait signal (PWAIT) to the high-speed functional block (51). The circuitry (53) generates the wait signal (PWAIT) from the select line signal (PSEL) and the clock enable signal (PCLKEN).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Adrian Messmer, Stefan Koch
  • Extension for the advanced microcontroller bus architecture (AMBA)
    Publication number: 20020162043
    Abstract: System (50), e.g. a System on a chip (SoC), comprising a system bus (56), a high-speed functional block (51) operably linked to the system bus (56), and a high-speed clock line (54) for applying a high-speed clock to the high-speed functional block (51). The system (50) further comprises a peripheral bus (59), a low-speed functional block (52) operably linked to this peripheral bus (59), a circuitry (53) for generating a wait signal (PWAIT), a low-speed clock line (57) for applying a low-speed clock (PCLK) to the low-speed functional block (52), a select line (58) for feeding a select signal (PSEL) from the peripheral bus (59) to the low-speed functional block (52), an enable line (55) for applying a clock enable signal (PCLKEN) to the circuitry (53), and a wait line (61) for feeding the wait signal (PWAIT) to the high-speed functional block (51). The circuitry (53) generates the wait signal (PWAIT) from the select line signal (PSEL) and the clock enable signal (PCLKEN).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Adrian Messmer, Stefan Koch