Patents by Inventor Benoit Goas

Benoit Goas 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).

  • Pipelined clock stretching circuitry and method for I2C logic system
    Patent number: 7818604
    Abstract: A system for increasing the data throughput of an I2C bus including a serial clock conductor (3) for conducting a serial clock signal (SCK) and a serial data conductor (2) for conducting a serial data signal (SDA) includes clock-stretching control circuitry (15) coupled to the serial clock conductor (3) for stretching the serial clock signal (SCK) by holding the serial clock conductor (3) at a predetermined level to cause a master device (10) to stop sending the serial clock signal, and circuitry (FIG. 3) in the slave device (5) for releasing stretching of the serial clock signal (SCK) in response to a determination by the slave device (5) that stretching of the serial clock signal (SCK) is unnecessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Ramesh Saripalli, Hugo Cheung, Benoit Goas
  • PIPELINED CLOCK STRETCHING CIRCUITRY AND METHOD FOR I2C LOGIC SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20080209252
    Abstract: A system for increasing the data throughput of an I2C bus including a serial clock conductor (3) for conducting a serial clock signal (SCK) and a serial data conductor (2) for conducting a serial data signal (SDA) includes clock-stretching control circuitry (15) coupled to the serial clock conductor (3) for stretching the serial clock signal (SCK) by holding the serial clock conductor (3) at a predetermined level to cause a master device (10) to stop sending the serial clock signal, and circuitry (FIG. 3) in the slave device (5) for releasing stretching of the serial clock signal (SCK) in response to a determination by the slave device (5) that stretching of the serial clock signal (SCK) is unnecessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ramesh Saripalli, Hugo Cheung, Benoit Goas
  • Pipelined clock stretching circuitry and method for I2C logic system
    Publication number: 20050268142
    Abstract: A system for increasing the data throughput of an I2C bus including a serial clock conductor (3) for conducting a serial clock signal (SCK) and a serial data conductor (2) for conducting a serial data signal (SDA) includes clock-stretching control circuitry (15) coupled to the serial clock conductor (3) for stretching the serial clock signal (SCK) by holding the serial clock conductor (3) at a predetermined level to cause a master device (10) to stop sending the serial clock signal, and circuitry (FIG. 3) in the slave device (5) for releasing stretching of the serial clock signal (SCK) in response to a determination by the slave device (5) that stretching of the serial clock signal (SCK) is unnecessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventors: Ramesh Saripalli, Hugo Cheung, Benoit Goas