Patents by Inventor Bruno Douady

Bruno Douady 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).

  • Method for operation of a bus system for highly flexible and quick data transmission between units connected to the bus system and configuration for carrying out the method
    Patent number: 5828852
    Abstract: A method and a circuit configuration for operation of a bus system. A bus includes a bus control unit which controls only an arbitration and when time is exceeded during a data transmission. An actual data transmission is determined in a respective active master unit and an addressed slave unit. A characteristic of a bus cycle, such as a data length, access to a data area or a control area and a waiting cycle, is transmitted in encoded form through a multiplicity of control lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Advanced Risc Machines Ltd., Philips Electronics N.V., Inmos Ltd., Matra MHS S.A.
    Inventors: Thomas Niedermeier, Peter Rohm, Richard Schmid, David Flynn, Peter Klapproth, Frederik Zandveld, Jacobus Christophorus Koot, Andrew Michael Jones, James Graham Matthew, Bruno Douady