Patents by Inventor Brewster J. Porcella

Brewster J. Porcella 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: 4295192
    Abstract: There is described a map memory system with a time-multiplexed memory address bus wherein the mapping function is performed on the high order address bits in parallel with the output of the low order address bits on the time multiplex bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1981
    Assignee: Sperry Rand Corporation
    Inventor: Brewster J. Porcella
  • Patent number: 4253182
    Abstract: There is provided an error detection and correction circuit which is optimized in terms of the operation, part count and the like. This invention includes parity generator circuitry to generate parity signals in accordance with a variation of the Hamming Code in response to the application of a plurality of input data bits. The parity signals are applied to a memory bus during a write cycle. During a read cycle, the parity generators produce a parity error signal, if appropriate, to indicate an error in parity. The error correction circuit receives the data bits from the memory (or memory bus) along with the parity error signals generated by the parity generator circuit portion. The data signals and parity error signals are gated together and supplied to Exclusive-OR gates. If an error is indicated by the level of the input signal, the Exclusive-OR gate converts the signal thereby correcting the erroneous data bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1981
    Assignee: Sperry Rand Corporation
    Inventor: Brewster J. Porcella