Patents by Inventor Chris N. Stoll

Chris N. Stoll 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: 9645963
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a substrate, a master system on the substrate, a slave system on the substrate that is coupled to communicate with the master system, a first clock signal coupled to the master system, and a second clock signal coupled to the slave system. The master system is configured to isolate the slave system from the master system while a first test of the master system is conducted in parallel with a second test of the slave system. The master system uses the first clock signal during the first test and the slave system uses the second clock signal during the second test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris N. Stoll, Chris P. Nappi, George R. Redford, Jayson D. Vogler, Khurram Waheed
  • Patent number: 9584175
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a receiver portion, a transmitter portion, and a modulated phase locked loop. The receiver portion is for receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal at a receiver input of the receiver portion. The transmitter portion is for transmitting an RF signal at a transmitter output of the transmitter portion. The modulated phase locked loop (PLL) is shared between the receiver portion and the transmitter portion. The transmitter output and receiver input are coupled together in a loopback configuration during a test mode. The transmitter portion and the receiver portion are enabled concurrently while a modulated PLL signal is provided to the receiver portion from the transmitter portion via the loopback configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: NXP USA, INC.
    Inventors: Khurram Waheed, Chris N. Stoll, Jayson D. Vogler
  • Patent number: 9473293
    Abstract: A phase lock loop monitor circuit is disclosed. The phase lock loop monitor circuit may include a coarse tuning circuit operable to generate a coarse tune failure indicator, a frequency target lock detector circuit operable to generate a frequency target failure indicator, a cycle slip monitor circuit operable to generate a cycle slip lock failure indicator, and an abort logic circuit communicatively coupled to the coarse tuning circuit, the frequency target lock detector circuit, and the cycle slip monitor circuit, the abort logic circuit operable to generate a radio operation abort indicator based at least on the coarse tune failure indicator, the frequency target failure indicator, or the cycle slip lock failure indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris N. Stoll, Prachee S. Behera, David F. Brown, Shobak R. Kythakyapuzha, Khurram Waheed
  • Patent number: 9350296
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a phase-locked loop (PLL) that includes a high-port calibration control module configured to calibrate an input modulation value of a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) to a first modulation value that results in an output signal of the VCO having a positive frequency change from an initial output frequency, and capture a positive frequency value of the output signal after a first accumulation time period. The high-port calibration control module is also configured to calibrate the input modulation value of the VCO to a second modulation value that results in the output signal having a negative frequency change from the initial output frequency, capture a negative frequency value of the output signal after a second accumulation time period, and calculate a calibration scale factor based on a difference between the positive and negative frequency values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Khurram Waheed, Chris N. Stoll