Patents by Inventor Bert Sullam

Bert Sullam 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: 12596396
    Abstract: Implementations disclosed describe a programmable analog subsystem (PASS) having a plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits. The PASS may be coupled to an input/output device to receive an input signal and to an interface to communicate data with a central processing unit. A controller may be configured, based on a plurality of parameters stored at the controller, to configure the plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits into a first PASS state. The PASS may process the first input signal through the plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits in the first PASS state to generate a first output value based on the first input signal. Responsive to a trigger event, the controller may reconfigure the plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits into a second PASS state different from the first PASS state. The PASS may perform a function based on the first output value in the second PASS state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Americas Corp.
    Inventors: Eashwar Thiagarajan, Bert Sullam, Nidhin Mulangattil Sudhakaran, Andrew Page
  • Patent number: 12593168
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a first signal, wherein the first signal is an audio signal. The method further includes providing the first signal to a first comparison circuit. The method further includes providing the first signal to a second comparison circuit. The method further includes receiving, from the first comparison circuit, a first comparison signal. The method further includes receiving, from the second comparison circuit, a second comparison signal. The method further includes providing a wake-up signal to a processing device based on the first comparison signal and the second comparison signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Americas Corp.
    Inventors: Eashwar Thiagarajan, Rodolfo Gondim Lossio, Ding Ma, Nidhin Mulangattil Sudhakaran, Andrew Page, Ashutosh Pandey, Bert Sullam
  • Patent number: 12519480
    Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods are provided. In an example of the techniques presented herein, a method is provided. The method includes generating a bias signal based on an index, connecting a first amplifier of a first programmable analog block to a sensor terminal, and amplifying a sensor signal received at the sensor terminal in the first amplifier based on the bias signal to generate an amplified sensor signal. The amplified sensor signal is sampled to generate an output sample. Responsive to detecting a limit violation associated with the output sample, the index is modified to generate a modified index and the bias signal is adjusted based on the modified index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Nidhin Mulangattil Sudhakaran, Eashwar Thiagarajan, Bert Sullam, Ding Ma
  • Publication number: 20250350291
    Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods are provided. In an example of the techniques presented herein, a method is provided. The method includes generating a bias signal based on an index, connecting a first amplifier of a first programmable analog block to a sensor terminal, and amplifying a sensor signal received at the sensor terminal in the first amplifier based on the bias signal to generate an amplified sensor signal. The amplified sensor signal is sampled to generate an output sample. Responsive to detecting a limit violation associated with the output sample, the index is modified to generate a modified index and the bias signal is adjusted based on the modified index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Publication date: November 13, 2025
    Applicant: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Nidhin MULANGATTIL SUDHAKARAN, Eashwar THIAGARAJAN, Bert SULLAM, Ding MA
  • Patent number: 12470216
    Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods are provided. In an example of the techniques presented herein, a system comprises a first input terminal and a first programmable analog block configured according to a first configuration. A controller is configured to reconfigure the first programmable analog block according to a second configuration different than the first configuration based on a first signal received at the first input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Nidhin Mulangattil Sudhakaran, Bert Sullam, Eashwar Thiagarajan
  • Publication number: 20250258515
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a system comprises a memory configured to store protection waveform data, and a comparator waveform generator configured to access the memory to generate a protection waveform from the protection waveform data based on a trigger associated with the system, receive a measured system characteristic waveform, and generate a fault interrupt responsive to a comparison between the measured system characteristic waveform and the protection waveform violating a fault condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2024
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Applicant: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bert Sullam, Eashwar Thiagarajan, Ketan Dewan, Ashish Kumar Reddy Somagatta
  • Patent number: 12261602
    Abstract: Implementations disclosed describe an integrated circuit (IC) having a plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits that include a finite state machine (FSM) logic circuit and further include an interface to receive an input signal. In a first IC configuration, with the plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits having a first configuration setting, the IC may process the input signal through the plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits to generate a first output value based on the input signal. Responsive to the FSM logic circuit processing the first output value, the IC may reconfigure the plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits into a second IC configuration having a second configuration setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Eashwar Thiagarajan, Andrew Page, Harold Kutz, Kendall Castor-Perry, Rajiv Singh, Erhan Hancioglu, Bert Sullam
  • Publication number: 20240406619
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a first signal, wherein the first signal is an audio signal. The method further includes providing the first signal to a first comparison circuit. The method further includes providing the first signal to a second comparison circuit. The method further includes receiving, from the first comparison circuit, a first comparison signal. The method further includes receiving, from the second comparison circuit, a second comparison signal. The method further includes providing a wake-up signal to a processing device based on the first comparison signal and the second comparison signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Eashwar Thiagarajan, Rodolfo Gondim Lossio, Ding Ma, Nidhin Mulangattil Sudhakaran, Andrew Page, Ashutosh Pandey, Bert Sullam
  • Publication number: 20240394452
    Abstract: A method can include storing operation data in entries of memory mapped storage circuits of an integrated circuit (IC) device. The operation data of a single entry can include configuration data, an action value, and channel data having channel bits corresponding to different signal channels. Operation of the analog circuit can be configured with the configuration data. Signal channels to an analog circuit can be configured with channel data. In response to a first action value of the entry, selecting a next entry and the analog circuit and signal channels with configuration data of the next entry. In response to a second action value, ending operations of the analog circuit. Corresponding devices and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Bert Sullam, Nidhin MULANGATTIL SUDHAKARAN, Andrew PAGE, Eashwar THIAGARAJAN
  • Publication number: 20240385139
    Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods are provided. In an example of the techniques presented herein, a method is provided. The method includes connecting a first programmable electrode interface to one of a first working electrode, a control electrode, a reference electrode, or a guard electrode of an electrochemical cell in a first configuration, and connecting the first programmable electrode interface to a different one of the first working electrode, the control electrode, the reference electrode, or the guard electrode in a second configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Eashwar Thiagarajan, Ding Ma, Nidhin Mulangattil Sudhakaran, Andrew Page, Bert Sullam
  • Publication number: 20240250684
    Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods are provided. In an example of the techniques presented herein, a system comprises a first input terminal and a first programmable analog block configured according to a first configuration. A controller is configured to reconfigure the first programmable analog block according to a second configuration different than the first configuration based on a first signal received at the first input terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Nidhin MULANGATTIL SUDHAKARAN, Bert SULLAM, Eashwar THIAGARAJAN
  • Publication number: 20240168514
    Abstract: Implementations disclosed describe a programmable analog subsystem (PASS) having a plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits. The PASS may be coupled to an input/output device to receive an input signal and to an interface to communicate data with a central processing unit. A controller may be configured, based on a plurality of parameters stored at the controller, to configure the plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits into a first PASS state. The PASS may process the first input signal through the plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits in the first PASS state to generate a first output value based on the first input signal. Responsive to a trigger event, the controller may reconfigure the plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits into a second PASS state different from the first PASS state. The PASS may perform a function based on the first output value in the second PASS state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Eashwar THIAGARAJAN, Bert SULLAM, Nidhin MULANGATTIL SUDHAKARAN, Andrew PAGE
  • Publication number: 20230188139
    Abstract: Implementations disclosed describe an integrated circuit (IC) having a plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits that include a finite state machine (FSM) logic circuit and further include an interface to receive an input signal. In a first IC configuration, with the plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits having a first configuration setting, the IC may process the input signal through the plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits to generate a first output value based on the input signal. Responsive to the FSM logic circuit processing the first output value, the IC may reconfigure the plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits into a second IC configuration having a second configuration setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Eashwar THIAGARAJAN, Andrew PAGE, Harold KUTZ, Kendall CASTOR-PERRY, Rajiv SINGH, Erhan HANCIOGLU, Bert SULLAM
  • Patent number: 11533055
    Abstract: Implementations disclosed describe a programmable analog subsystem (PASS) having a plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits. The PASS may be coupled to an input/output device to receive an input signal and to an interface to communicate data with a central processing unit. In a first PASS configuration, with the plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits having a first configuration setting, the PASS may process the input signal through the plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits to generate a first output value based on the input signal. Responsive to the first output value, the PASS may reconfigure the plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits into a second PASS configuration having a second configuration setting, such that the second configuration setting is different than the first configuration setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Eashwar Thiagarajan, Andrew Page, Harold Kutz, Kendall Castor-Perry, Rajiv Singh, Erhan Hancioglu, Bert Sullam
  • Patent number: 11105851
    Abstract: A microcontroller comprises a plurality of digital peripheral blocks and a direct memory access (DMA) controller coupled thereto. The plurality of digital peripheral blocks includes a digital peripheral block that is configured to issue a DMA request. Upon receipt of the DMA request, the DMA controller is configured to retrieve configuration information and to write the configuration information to a configuration register associated with a circuit element of the microcontroller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Harold Kutz, Timothy John Williams, Bert Sullam, Warren S. Snyder, James H. Shutt, Bruce E. Byrkett, Monte Mar, Eashwar Thiagarajan, Nathan Wayne Kohagen, David G. Wright, Mark E Hastings, Dennis R. Seguine
  • Patent number: 10826499
    Abstract: A method for operating a system level interconnect in an integrated circuit (IC) is provided in an example embodiment. The method comprises: writing, by a microcontroller in the IC, a first configuration value into a configuration register, where the first configuration value programs the system level interconnect to couple a first peripheral to a second peripheral; monitoring the IC to determine an operational state of the IC; and in response to determining a change in the operational state of the IC, writing by the microcontroller a second configuration value into the configuration register to dynamically change interconnections in the system level interconnect between the first peripheral and the second peripheral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Bert Sullam, Warren Snyder, Haneef Mohammed
  • Publication number: 20200300910
    Abstract: A microcontroller comprises a plurality of digital peripheral blocks and a direct memory access (DMA) controller coupled thereto. The plurality of digital peripheral blocks includes a digital peripheral block that is configured to issue a DMA request. Upon receipt of the DMA request, the DMA controller is configured to retrieve configuration information and to write the configuration information to a configuration register associated with a circuit element of the microcontroller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Harold Kutz, Timothy John Williams, Bert Sullam, Warren S. Snyder, James H. Shutt, Bruce E. Byrkett, Monte Mar, Eashwar Thiagarajan, Nathan Wayne Kohagen, David G. Wright, Mark E Hastings, Dennis R. Seguine
  • Publication number: 20200169259
    Abstract: A method for operating a system level interconnect in an integrated circuit (IC) is provided in an example embodiment. The method comprises: writing, by a microcontroller in the IC, a first configuration value into a configuration register, where the first configuration value programs the system level interconnect to couple a first peripheral to a second peripheral; monitoring the IC to determine an operational state of the IC; and in response to determining a change in the operational state of the IC, writing by the microcontroller a second configuration value into the configuration register to dynamically change interconnections in the system level interconnect between the first peripheral and the second peripheral.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Bert Sullam, Warren Snyder, Haneef Mohammed
  • Patent number: 10634722
    Abstract: A programmable device comprises a plurality of programmable blocks, a debug interface coupled with the plurality of programmable blocks, a debug interface coupled with the plurality of programmable blocks, and a power manger coupled with the plurality of programmable blocks. The power manager is configured to supply power to a subset of the plurality of programmable blocks during debugging of the subset while maintaining a different subset of the plurality of programmable blocks in a lower power mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Harold Kutz, Timothy John Williams, Bert Sullam, Warren S. Snyder, James H. Shutt, Bruce E. Byrkett, Monte Mar, Eashwar Thiagarajan, Nathan Wayne Kohagen, David G. Wright, Mark E Hastings, Dennis R. Seguine
  • Publication number: 20200083889
    Abstract: Implementations disclosed describe a programmable analog subsystem (PASS) having a plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits. The PASS may be coupled to an input/output device to receive an input signal and to an interface to communicate data with a central processing unit. In a first PASS configuration, with the plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits having a first configuration setting, the PASS may process the input signal through the plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits to generate a first output value based on the input signal. Responsive to the first output value, the PASS may reconfigure the plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits into a second PASS configuration having a second configuration setting, such that the second configuration setting is different than the first configuration setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Eashwar Thiagarajan, Andrew Page, Harold Kutz, Kendall Castor-Perry, Rajiv Singh, Erhan Hancioglu, Bert Sullam