Patents by Inventor Arnaud Forestier

Arnaud Forestier 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).

  • Publication number: 20080130815
    Abstract: Embodiments to selectively track serial communication link data are presented herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: S. Reji Kumar, Arnaud Forestier, Adarsh Panikkar, Kersi H. Vakil
  • Publication number: 20080101505
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the inventions includes a transmitter including a cycle encoding circuit to receive a data input signal and to provide a full cycle encoded signal in response thereto by continuously joining portions of different encoding signals. Some of the encoding signals have a different frequency than others of the encoding signals and some of the encoding signals have a different phase than others of the encoding signals. Data is represented in data time segments of the full cycle encoded signal and no data time segment has more than one cycle of an encoding signal. In some embodiments, a receiver receives the cycle encoded signal and recovers data of the data input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Jed Griffin, Jerry Jex, Arnaud Forestier, Kersi Vakil, Abhimanyu Kolla
  • Patent number: 7071728
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a circuit is disclosed. The circuit includes a plurality of driver slices, a portion of the plurality of the driver slices being used to provide a target impedance; a digital matching logic to select the portion of the plurality of the driver slices; and an analog matching circuit to produce a bias voltage to match pull-up and pull-down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: James E. Chandler, John F. Zumkehr, Arnaud Forestier
  • Patent number: 7043392
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a device includes an interpolator to receive at least a first clock signal having a first clock phase and to receive a second clock signal having a second clock phase. The interpolator may include a first plurality of interpolator legs associated with the first clock signal, a second plurality of interpolator legs associated with the second clock signal, and an output node to provide an output clock signal having an output clock phase based on the first clock signal, the second clock signal, and on a number of the first plurality and the second plurality of interpolator legs that are activated. The device may also include an interpolator control to activate only one of the first plurality and the second plurality of interpolator legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kersi H. Vakil, Adarsh Panikkar, Abhimanyu Kolla, Arnaud Forestier
  • Patent number: 7009431
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, an interpolated clock signal having a first frequency is received, and the interpolated clock signal is periodically sampled based on a reference clock signal to generate periodically-sampled values, the reference clock signal having substantially the first frequency. A phase of the interpolated clock signal may be set to a phase degree at which the periodically-sampled values resolve to more than one value, and the phase of the interpolated clock signal may be incrementally changed until the periodically-sampled values resolve to one value. A non-linearity of the interpolated clock signal may be determined based on the number of incremental changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Adarsh Panikkar, Kersi H. Vakil, Abhimanyu Kolla, Arnaud Forestier
  • Publication number: 20050285652
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, an interpolated clock signal having a first frequency is received, and the interpolated clock signal is periodically sampled based on a reference clock signal to generate periodically-sampled values, the reference clock signal having substantially the first frequency. A phase of the interpolated clock signal may be set to a phase degree at which the periodically-sampled values resolve to more than one value, and the phase of the interpolated clock signal may be incrementally changed until the periodically-sampled values resolve to one value. A non-linearity of the interpolated clock signal may be determined based on the number of incremental changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventors: Adarsh Panikkar, Kersi Vakil, Abhimanyu Kolla, Arnaud Forestier
  • Publication number: 20050280452
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a device includes an interpolator to receive at least a first clock signal having a first clock phase and to receive a second clock signal having a second clock phase. The interpolator may include a first plurality of interpolator legs associated with the first clock signal, a second plurality of interpolator legs associated with the second clock signal, and an output node to provide an output clock signal having an output clock phase based on the first clock signal, the second clock signal, and on a number of the first plurality and the second plurality of interpolator legs that are activated. The device may also include an interpolator control to activate only one of the first plurality and the second plurality of interpolator legs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2004
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Kersi Vakil, Adarsh Panikkar, Abhimanyu Kolla, Arnaud Forestier
  • Patent number: 6922077
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a circuit is disclosed. The circuit includes a plurality of driver slices, a portion of the plurality of the devices being used to provide a target impedance; a digital matching logic to select the portion of the plurality of the driver slices; and an analog matching circuit to produce a bias voltage to match pull-up and pull-down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: James E. Chandler, John F. Zumkehr, Arnaud Forestier
  • Publication number: 20050110517
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a circuit is disclosed. The circuit includes a plurality of driver slices, a portion of the plurality of the driver slices being used to provide a target impedance; a digital matching logic to select the portion of the plurality of the driver slices; and an analog matching circuit to produce a bias voltage to match pull-up and pull-down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: James Chandler, John Zumkehr, Arnaud Forestier
  • Publication number: 20050018779
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the inventions include a receiver to receive a full cycle encoded signal in which data is represented in data time segments and no data time segment has more than one cycle. The receiver provides a data output signal responsive to the full cycle encoding signal. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Jed Griffin, Jerry Jex, Arnaud Forestier, Kersi Vakil, Abhimanyu Kolla
  • Publication number: 20050018761
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the inventions includes a transmitter including a cycle encoding circuit to receive a data input signal and to provide a full cycle encoded signal in response thereto by continuously joining portions of different encoding signals. Some of the encoding signals have a different frequency than others of the encoding signals and some of the encoding signals have a different phase than others of the encoding signals. Data is represented in data time segments of the full cycle encoded signal and no data time segment has more than one cycle of an encoding signal. In some embodiments, a receiver receives the cycle encoded signal and recovers data of the data input signal. Still other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Jerry Jex, Jed Griffin, Arnaud Forestier, Kersi Vakil, Abhimanyu Kolla
  • Publication number: 20040263204
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a circuit is disclosed. The circuit includes a plurality of driver slices, a portion of the plurality of the driver slices being used to provide a target impedance; a digital matching logic to select the portion of the plurality of the driver slices; and an analog matching circuit to produce a bias voltage to match pull-up and pull-down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: James E. Chandler, John F. Zumkehr, Arnaud Forestier
  • Patent number: 6549031
    Abstract: Point-to-point AC impedance compensation calculates and matches AC impedance for integrated circuit input and output buffers, taking into consideration impedances of printed circuit boards, connectors, cards, cables, and/or other interfaces on a computer bus, upon computer system power-up or on demand during operation using no additional package pins or traces in the printed circuit board, connector, card, or cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jerry G. Jex, Arnaud Forestier, Kersi Vakil, Abhimanyu Kolla