Patents by Inventor Christophe Pierre VATINEL

Christophe Pierre VATINEL 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: 8885694
    Abstract: A method of changing an operating performance point of an integrated circuit including detecting a need to change the operating performance point of the integrated circuit to a new operating performance point. The method also includes changing a voltage of the integrated circuit to correspond with the new operating performance point, changing a maximal receiver clock frequency value to correspond with the new operating performance point, exporting the maximal receiver clock frequency value to a distant integrated circuit, and receiving an acknowledgement of the changed maximal receiver clock frequency value from the distant integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Christophe Pierre Vatinel, Jerome Henri Loisel
  • Publication number: 20110057702
    Abstract: A method of changing an operating performance point of an integrated circuit including detecting a need to change the operating performance point of the integrated circuit to a new operating performance point. The method also includes changing a voltage of the integrated circuit to correspond with the new operating performance point, changing a maximal receiver clock frequency value to correspond with the new operating performance point, exporting the maximal receiver clock frequency value to a distant integrated circuit, and receiving an acknowledgement of the changed maximal receiver clock frequency value from the distant integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Christophe Pierre VATINEL, Jerome Henri LOISEL