Patents by Inventor Alistair Guy Morfey

Alistair Guy Morfey 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: 6901503
    Abstract: An integrated circuit contains a microprocessor core, program memory and separate data storage, together with analog and digital signal processing circuitry. The ALU is 16 bits wide, but a 32-bit shift unit is provided, using a pair of 16-bit registers. The processor has a fixed length instruction format, with an instruction set including multiply and divide operations which use the shift unit over several cycles. No interrupts are provided. external pins of the integrated circuit allow for single stepping and other debug operations, and a serial interface (SIF) which allows external communication of test dat or working data as necessary. The serial interface has four wires (SERIN, SEROUT, SERCLK, SERLOADB), allowing handshaking with a master apparatus, and allowing direct access to the memory space of the processor core, without specific program control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Cambridge Consultants Ltd.
    Inventors: Stephen John Barlow, Alistair Guy Morfey, James Digby Collier
  • Publication number: 20020161988
    Abstract: An integrated circuit contains a microprocessor core, program memory and separate data storage, together with analog and digital signal processing circuitry. The ALU is 16 bits wide, but a 32-bit shift unit is provided, using a pair of 16-bit registers. The processor has a fixed length instruction format, with an instruction set including multiply and divide operations which use the shift unit over several cycles. No interrupts are provided. external pins of the integrated circuit allow for single stepping and other debug operations, and a serial interface (SIF) which allows external communication of test dat or working data as necessary. The serial interface has four wires (SERIN, SEROUT, SERCLK, SERLOADB), allowing handshaking with a master apparatus, and allowing direct access to the memory space of the processor core, without specific program control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Applicant: Cambridge Consultants Limited.
    Inventors: Stephen John Barlow, Alistair Guy Morfey, James Digby Collier
  • Patent number: 6311263
    Abstract: An integrated circuit contains a microprocessor core, program memory and separate data storage, together with analogue and digital signal processing circuitry. The ALU is 16 bits wide, but a 32-bit shift unit is provided, using a pair of 16-bit registers. The processor has a fixed length instruction format, with an instruction set including multiply and divide operations which use the shift unit over several cycles. No interrupts are provided. External pins of the integrated circuit allow for single stepping and other debug operations, and a serial interface (SIF) which allows external communication of test data or working data as necessary. The serial interface has four wires (SERIN, SEROUT, SER-CLK, SERLOADB), allowing handshaking with a master apparatus, and allowing direct access to the memory space of the processor core, without specific program control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited
    Inventors: Stephen John Barlow, Alistair Guy Morfey, James Digby Collier