Patents by Inventor Brian Charles Edem

Brian Charles Edem 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).

  • Multi-channel parallel to serial and serial to parallel conversion using a RAM array
    Patent number: 5926120
    Abstract: A circuit to implement a multi-channel parallel to serial conversion and a multi-channel serial to parallel conversion in one minimal RAM Matrix. The number of RAM cells (bits) needed is equivalent to the number of Flip-Flops used in a standard shift register and holding register implementation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Erik Rustan Swenson, Brian Charles Edem
  • Sorting system for serially processing records
    Patent number: 5855016
    Abstract: A speed and memory control system and method for use with a sort accelerator having a rebound sorter and merger is disclosed. The speed and memory control system includes a variable length shift register which utilizes circulating RAM indexing, tag extraction lookahead features to speed up access of records, and merge lookahead and memory management features to provide quick and effective storage of records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignees: Digital Equipment Corporation, National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Charles Edem, Richard Perham Helliwell, John Thomas Johnston, Richard Franklin Lary