Patents by Inventor Carl A. Thomas

Carl A. Thomas 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).

  • Publication number: 20210242837
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an improved transimpedance amplifier (TIA) that can operate at a higher bandwidth and lower noise compared to conventional TIAs. The TIA employs a data path with both feedback impedance and feedback capacitance for improved performance. The feedback impedance includes at least two resistors in series and at least one shunt capacitor, coupled between the at least two resistors, that helps to extend the circuit bandwidth and improve SNR at the same time. The capacitance value of the shunt capacitor can be selected based on both the bandwidth and noise. In one example, the TIA includes: (1) a biasing path, and (2) a data path, coupled to the biasing path, including multiple inverter stages and at least one feedback capacitance coupled across an even number of the multiple inverter stages. An optical receiver and a circuit having the TIA are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Sanquan Song, John Poulton, Carl Thomas Gray
  • Patent number: 10999051
    Abstract: A receiver circuit includes a clock lane propagating a clock signal. A self-sampled clock applies a delayed version of the clock signal to the clock signal and compensation logic controls an amount of delay of the delayed version of the clock, based on a reference voltage offset (difference) between the receiver and a transmitter. The delayed version of the clock is centered on one unit interval of the clock. An offset correction based on a clock duty cycle error is applied to data receiver front ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corp.
    Inventors: Xi Chen, Nikola Nedovic, Carl Thomas Gray, Stephen G Tell
  • Patent number: 10965440
    Abstract: A receiver circuit includes a clock lane propagating a clock signal. A self-sampled clock applies a delayed version of the clock signal to the clock signal and compensation logic controls an amount of delay of the delayed version of the clock, based on a reference voltage offset (difference) between the receiver and a transmitter. The delayed version of the clock is centered on one unit interval of the clock. An offset correction is computed as a global offset value based on a clock duty cycle error, combined with a local offset value for each data lane, and is applied to data receiver front ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corp.
    Inventors: Xi Chen, Nikola Nedovic, Carl Thomas Gray, Stephen G Tell
  • Publication number: 20210083837
    Abstract: A receiver circuit includes a clock lane propagating a clock signal. A self-sampled clock applies a delayed version of the clock signal to the clock signal and compensation logic controls an amount of delay of the delayed version of the clock, based on a reference voltage offset (difference) between the receiver and a transmitter. The delayed version of the clock is centered on one unit interval of the clock. An offset correction is computed as a global offset value based on a clock duty cycle error, combined with a local offset value for each data lane, and is applied to data receiver front ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: NVIDIA Corp.
    Inventors: Xi Chen, Nikola Nedovic, Carl Thomas Gray, Stephen G Tell
  • Publication number: 20210083836
    Abstract: A receiver circuit includes a clock lane propagating a clock signal. A self-sampled clock applies a delayed version of the clock signal to the clock signal and compensation logic controls an amount of delay of the delayed version of the clock, based on a reference voltage offset (difference) between the receiver and a transmitter. The delayed version of the clock is centered on one unit interval of the clock. An offset correction based on a clock duty cycle error is applied to data receiver front ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: NVIDIA Corp.
    Inventors: Xi Chen, Nikola Nedovic, Carl Thomas Gray, Stephen G. Tell
  • Patent number: 10753106
    Abstract: An automated method of manufacturing a decoupling underlayment membrane is provided, the method retrieving a membrane sheet, thermoforming a set of cavities into a top surface of the membrane sheet and pressing a set of through holes into the membrane sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Schluter Systems L.P.
    Inventors: Carl Thomas Archbold, Scott Burton Harter
  • Patent number: 10669305
    Abstract: The present invention relates to C-3 novel triterpenone with C-28 urea derivatives of formula (I); or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutically acceptable solvates, pharmaceutically acceptable hydrates, tautomers, stereoisomers, prodrugs, compositions or combination thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, W, J and X are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of formula (I) useful for the treatment of viral diseases and particularly HIV mediated diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: HETERO LABS LIMITED
    Inventors: Parthasaradhi Reddy Bandi, Rathnakar Reddy Kura, David Krupadanam Gazula Levi, Panduranga Reddy Adulla, Bhaskar Reddy Kasireddy, Carl Thomas Wild, David Eugene Martin, Theodore John Nitz
  • Patent number: 10566958
    Abstract: Injection locked oscillation circuits are applied along clock distribution circuit paths to increase clock signal bandwidth, reduce duty cycle error, reduce quadrature phase error, reduce clock signal jitter, and reduce clock signal power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corp.
    Inventors: Sanquan Song, Olakanmi Oluwole, John Poulton, Carl Thomas Gray
  • Patent number: 10521462
    Abstract: A system for rapid deployment and configuration of a virtual agent to a hosted cloud platform is provided. A virtual agent builder may convert a dialog corpus into a dialog model that includes parameters that cause a cognitive service engine to provide natural language processing for the virtual agent according to the dialog corpus. Depending on the natural language processing capabilities of the cognitive engine service, the dialog model may be included in the virtual agent or communicated to the cognitive service engine. The virtual agent, or individual components of the virtual agent, may be generated and/or reconfigured in real time using predetermined logic that is selected based on virtual agent configuration parameters. The virtual agent configuration parameters may be received from a graphical user interface that reduces the complexity of deploying and/or managing the virtual agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED
    Inventor: Carl Thomas Marquises Acampado
  • Patent number: 10505451
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for controlling a modified buck converter circuit. A pull-up switching mechanism that is coupled to an upstream terminal of an inductor within a modified buck converter circuit is enabled. A load current at the output of the modified buck regulator circuit is measured. A capacitor current associated with a capacitor that is coupled to a downstream terminal of the inductor is continuously sensed and the pull-up switching mechanism is disabled when the capacitor current is greater than a sum of the load current and an enabling current value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Sudhir Shrikantha Kudva, William J. Dally, Thomas Hastings Greer, III, Carl Thomas Gray
  • Publication number: 20190266280
    Abstract: A system for rapid deployment and configuration of a virtual agent to a hosted cloud platform is provided. A virtual agent builder may convert a dialog corpus into a dialog model that includes parameters that cause a cognitive service engine to provide natural language processing for the virtual agent according to the dialog corpus. Depending on the natural language processing capabilities of the cognitive engine service, the dialog model may be included in the virtual agent or communicated to the cognitive service engine. The virtual agent, or individual components of the virtual agent, may be generated and/or reconfigured in real time using predetermined logic that is selected based on virtual agent configuration parameters. The virtual agent configuration parameters may be received from a graphical user interface that reduces the complexity of deploying and/or managing the virtual agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventor: Carl Thomas Marquises Acampado
  • Patent number: 10370405
    Abstract: The invention relates to C-3 novel triterpenone with C-28 amide derivatives, related compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions useful for the therapeutic treatment of viral diseases and particularly HIV mediated diseases (formula 1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: HETERO LABS LIMITED
    Inventors: Parthasaradhi Reddy Bandi, Rathnakar Reddy Kura, David Krupadanam Gazula Levi, Panduranga Reddy Adulla, Eswara Rao Bammidi, Bhaskar Reddy Kasireddy, Sudhakar Neela, Carl Thomas Wild, David Eugene Martin, Theodore John Nitz
  • Publication number: 20190173380
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for controlling a modified buck converter circuit. A pull-up switching mechanism that is coupled to an upstream terminal of an inductor within a modified buck converter circuit is enabled. A load current at the output of the modified buck regulator circuit is measured. A capacitor current associated with a capacitor that is coupled to a downstream terminal of the inductor is continuously sensed and the pull-up switching mechanism is disabled when the capacitor current is greater than a sum of the load current and an enabling current value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Sudhir Shrikantha Kudva, William J. Dally, Thomas Hastings Greer, III, Carl Thomas Gray
  • Patent number: 10224813
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for controlling a modified buck converter circuit. A pull-up switching mechanism that is coupled to an upstream terminal of an inductor within a modified buck converter circuit is enabled. A load current at the output of the modified buck regulator circuit is measured. A capacitor current associated with a capacitor that is coupled to a downstream terminal of the inductor is continuously sensed and the pull-up switching mechanism is disabled when the capacitor current is greater than a sum of the load current and an enabling current value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Sudhir Shrikantha Kudva, William J. Dally, Thomas Hastings Greer, III, Carl Thomas Gray
  • Patent number: 10164638
    Abstract: A balanced, charge-recycling repeater link is disclosed. The link includes a first set of segments operating in a first voltage domain and a second set of segments operating in a second voltage domain. The link is configured to transmit a first signal over at least one segment in the first set of segments and at least one other segment in the second set of segments. Each segment of the link includes at least one active circuit element configured to charge or discharge one or more corresponding interconnects within the link and a level shifter configured to shift the level of a signal on a last interconnect of the segment from the first voltage domain to the second voltage domain or the second voltage domain to the first voltage domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Michael Wilson, John W. Poulton, Matthew Rudolph Fojtik, Carl Thomas Gray
  • Publication number: 20180305398
    Abstract: The present invention relates to C-3 novel triterpenone with C-28 urea derivatives of formula (I); or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutically acceptable solvates, pharmaceutically acceptable hydrates, tautomers, stereoisomers, prodrugs, compositions or combination thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, W, J and X are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of formula (I) useful for the treatment of viral diseases and particularly HIV mediated diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Parthasaradhi Reddy BANDI, Rathnakar Reddy KURA, David Krupadanam GAZULA LEVI, Panduranga Reddy ADULLA, Bhaskar Reddy KASIREDDY, Carl Thomas Wild, David Eugene Martin, Theodore John Nitz
  • Publication number: 20180237472
    Abstract: The invention relates to C-3 novel triterpenone with C-28 amide derivatives, related compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions useful for the therapeutic treatment of viral diseases and particularly HIV mediated diseases (formula 1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Parthasaradhi Reddy BANDI, Rathnakar Reddy KURA, David Krupadanam GAZULA LEVI, Panduranga Reddy ADULLA, Eswara Rao BAMMIDI, Bhaskar Reddy KASIREDDY, Sudhakar NEELA, Carl Thomas WILD, David Eugene MARTIN, Theodore John NITZ
  • Publication number: 20180191349
    Abstract: A balanced, charge-recycling repeater link is disclosed. The link includes a first set of segments operating in a first voltage domain and a second set of segments operating in a second voltage domain. The link is configured to transmit a first signal over at least one segment in the first set of segments and at least one other segment in the second set of segments. Each segment of the link includes at least one active circuit element configured to charge or discharge one or more corresponding interconnects within the link and a level shifter configured to shift the level of a signal on a last interconnect of the segment from the first voltage domain to the second voltage domain or the second voltage domain to the first voltage domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: John Michael Wilson, John W. Poulton, Matthew Rudolph Fojtik, Carl Thomas Gray
  • Publication number: 20180163414
    Abstract: An automated method of manufacturing a decoupling underlayment membrane is provided, the method retrieving a membrane sheet, thermoforming a set of cavities into a top surface of the membrane sheet and pressing a set of through holes into the membrane sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Carl Thomas Archbold, Scott Burton Harter
  • Patent number: D858678
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Inventor: Christopher Carl Thomas