Patents by Inventor Akhtar Waseem Alam

Akhtar Waseem Alam 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: 9647660
    Abstract: Apparatus for converting a first input signal from a first voltage domain to an output signal for a second voltage domain, the apparatus configured to operate within the first voltage domain or within the second voltage domain. The apparatus comprising input driver circuitry configured to generate second input signal based on the first input signal and a control signal received by input driver circuitry. The apparatus also comprising selection circuitry configured to generate a selection signal based on the control signal. The apparatus also comprising cross-coupled circuitry configured to generate a level-shifted signal at an intermediate node based on the first input signal, the second input signal, and the selection signal. The cross-coupled circuitry comprises a first pair of parallel transistors and a second pair of parallel transistors. The apparatus further comprising output driver circuitry configured to generate output signal for the second voltage domain based on the level-shifted signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: ARM Limited
    Inventors: Akhtar Waseem Alam, Ashwani Kumar Srivastava, Kunal Girish Bannore
  • Patent number: 8824215
    Abstract: A data storage circuit for receiving and holding a data value includes an input stage configured to receive a data value in response to the precharge phase changing to an evaluation phase and to hold the data value during the evaluation phase. An output stage has an output latching element for holding the value, two switching devices for updating the output latching element and an output. The switching devices each being controlled by respective signals from dual data lines, wherein, in response to the data value held in the input stage being a logical one, the first switching device updates the output latching element with a value indicative of the logical one and in response to the data value held in the input stage being a logical zero, the second switching device updates the output latching element with a value indicative of the logical zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: ARM Limited
    Inventors: Marlin Wayne Frederick, Jr., Akhtar Waseem Alam, Sumana Pal
  • Publication number: 20130064019
    Abstract: A data storage circuit for receiving and holding a data value includes an input stage configured to receive a data value in response to the precharge phase changing to an evaluation phase and to hold the data value during the evaluation phase. An output stage has an output latching element for holding the value, two switching devices for updating the output latching element and an output. The switching devices each being controlled by respective signals from dual data lines, wherein, in response to the data value held in the input stage being a logical one, the first switching device updates the output latching element with a value indicative of the logical one and in response to the data value held in the input stage being a logical zero, the second switching device updates the output latching element with a value indicative of the logical zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: ARM LIMITED
    Inventors: Marlin Wayne FREDERICK, JR., Akhtar Waseem Alam, Sumana Pal