Patents by Inventor Chris J. Nicol

Chris J. Nicol 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).

  • Low power operation of an address interleaver
    Patent number: 7398446
    Abstract: A first interleaved address generator is configured to generate a first interleaved address, and a second interleaved address generator is configured to generate a second interleaved address substantially concurrently with the first interleaved address generator generating the first interleaved address. A controller is configured to disable the second interleaved address generator from generating the second interleaved address if the second interleaved address is not needed to produce a continuous stream of interleaved addresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Garrett, Chris J. Nicol
  • Low power operation of an address interleaver
    Publication number: 20040255217
    Abstract: A first interleaved address generator is configured to generate a first interleaved address, and a second interleaved address generator is configured to generate a second interleaved address substantially concurrently with the first interleaved address generator generating the first interleaved address. A controller is configured to disable the second interleaved address generator from generating the second interleaved address if the second interleaved address is not needed to produce a continuous stream of interleaved addresses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: David C. Garrett, Chris J. Nicol