Patents by Inventor Chanh Vi Tran

Chanh Vi Tran 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: 7308065
    Abstract: A receiver adapted to be coupled to a data bus and configured to receive data in accordance with a receive clock includes first and second delay-locked loops. The first delay-locked loop is configured to generate a plurality of phase vectors from a first reference clock, and the second delay-locked loop is coupled to the first delay-locked loop and configured to generate the receive clock from at least one phase vector selected from the plurality of phase vectors and a second reference clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Rambus Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin S. Donnelly, Pak Shing Chau, Mark A. Horowitz, Thomas H. Lee, Mark G. Johnson, Benedict C. Lau, Leung Yu, Bruno W. Garlepp, Yiu-Fai Chan, Jun Kim, Chanh Vi Tran, Donald C. Stark, Nhat M. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 7039147
    Abstract: Delay locked loop circuitry for generating a predetermined phase relationship between a pair of clocks. A first delay-locked loop includes a delay elements arranged in a chain, the chain receiving an input clock and generating, from each delay element, a set of phase vectors, each shifted a unit delay from the adjacent vector. The first delay-locked loop adjusts the unit delays in the delay chain using a delay adjustment signal so that the phase vectors span a predetermined phase shift of the input clock. A second delay-locked loop selects, from the first delay-locked loop, a pair of phase vectors which brackets the phase of an input clock. A phase interpolator receives the selected pair of vectors and generates an output clock and a delayed output clock, the amount of the delay being controlled by the delay adjustment signal of the first delay-locked loop circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Rambus Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin S. Donnelly, Pak Shing Chau, Mark A. Horowitz, Thomas H. Lee, Mark G. Johnson, Benedict C. Lau, Leung Yu, Bruno W. Garlepp, Yiu-Fai Chan, Jun Kim, Chanh Vi Tran, Donald C. Stark, Nhat M. Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20040223571
    Abstract: Delay locked loop circuitry for generating a predetermined phase relationship between a pair of clocks. A first delay-locked loop includes a delay elements arranged in a chain, the chain receiving an input clock and generating, from each delay element, a set of phase vectors, each shifted a unit delay from the adjacent vector. The first delay-locked loop adjusts the unit delays in the delay chain using a delay adjustment signal so that the phase vectors span a predetermined phase shift of the input clock. A second delay-locked loop selects, from the first delay-locked loop, a pair of phase vectors which brackets the phase of an input clock. A phase interpolator receives the selected pair of vectors and generates an output clock and a delayed output clock, the amount of the delay being controlled by the delay adjustment signal of the first delay-locked loop circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: Rambus Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin S. Donnelly, Pak Shing Chau, Mark A. Horowitz, Thomas H. Lee, Mark G. Johnson, Benedict C. Lau, Leung Yu, Bruno W. Garlepp, Yiu-Fai Chan, Jun Kim, Chanh Vi Tran, Donald C. Stark, Nhat M. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 6539072
    Abstract: Delay locked loop circuitry for generating a predetermined phase relationship between a pair of clocks. A first delay-locked loop includes a delay elements arranged in a chain, the chain receiving an input clock and generating, from each delay element, a set of phase vectors, each shifted a unit delay from the adjacent vector. The first delay-locked loop adjusts the unit delays in the delay chain using a delay adjustment signal so that the phase vectors span a predetermined phase shift of the input clock. A second delay-locked loop selects, from the first delay-locked loop, a pair of phase vectors which brackets the phase of an input clock. A phase interpolator receives the selected pair of vectors and generates an output clock and a delayed output clock, the amount of the delay being controlled by the delay adjustment signal of the first delay-locked loop circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Rambus, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin S. Donnelly, Pak Shing Chau, Mark A. Horowitz, Thomas H. Lee, Mark G. Johnson, Benedict C. Lau, Leung Yu, Bruno W. Garlepp, Yiu-Fai Chan, Jun Kim, Chanh Vi Tran, Donald C. Stark, Nhat M. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 6125157
    Abstract: Delay-locked loop circuitry for generating a predetermined phase relationship between a pair of clocks. A first delay-locked loop includes a set of delay-producing elements arranged in a chain, the chain receiving an input clock and generating, from each delay element, a set of phase vectors, each shifted a unit delay from the adjacent vector. The first delay-locked loop adjusts the unit delays in the delay chain using a delay adjustment signal so that the phase vectors span a predetermined phase shift of the input clock. A second delay-locked loop selects, from the first delay-locked loop, a pair of phase vectors which brackets the phase of an input clock. A phase interpolator receives the selected pair of vectors and generates an output clock and a delayed output clock, the amount of the delay being controlled by the delay adjustment signal of the first delay-locked loop circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Rambus, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin S. Donnelly, Pak Shing Chau, Mark A. Horowitz, Thomas H. Lee, Mark G. Johnson, Benedict C. Lau, Leung Yu, Bruno W. Garlepp, Yiu-Fai Chan, Jun Kim, Chanh Vi Tran, Donald C. Stark