Patents by Inventor Daniel D. Sentler

Daniel D. Sentler 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: 10372413
    Abstract: Disclosed aspects relate to a first-in-first-out (FIFO) buffer. The FIFO buffer may include an input interface to receive a set of data payloads. The FIFO buffer may include a set of buffer entry elements to store the set of data payloads. The FIFO buffer may include a set of status indicators to indicate a set of statuses of the set of buffer entry elements with respect to the set of data payloads. The FIFO buffer may include an output interface for release of the set of data payloads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joerg Behrend, Markus Cebulla, Rolf Fritz, Andreas Koenig, Daniel D. Sentler
  • Patent number: 10055522
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for verifying a design of an electronic circuit. The electronic circuit comprises at least one register including one or more parts. After receiving specification information of said register, a register monitor module is automatically created based on said received specification information. The register monitor module comprises a scoreboard for each part of the register. Said scoreboard comprises an expected data value queue for receiving expected data values, an actual data value queue for receiving actual data values. Furthermore, the register monitor module provides a matching strategy for comparing expected data values with actual data values. Expected data values and actual data values are compared for each scoreboard based on the matching strategy and an error indication is generated if the result of the comparison step does not fulfill the requirements specified in the matching strategy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joerg Behrend, Holger Horbach, Alexander Jung, Klaus Keuerleber, Daniel D. Sentler, Jurgen Wakunda
  • Publication number: 20180136905
    Abstract: Disclosed aspects relate to a first-in-first-out (FIFO) buffer. The FIFO buffer may include an input interface to receive a set of data payloads. The FIFO buffer may include a set of buffer entry elements to store the set of data payloads. The FIFO buffer may include a set of status indicators to indicate a set of statuses of the set of buffer entry elements with respect to the set of data payloads. The FIFO buffer may include an output interface for release of the set of data payloads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Joerg Behrend, Markus Cebulla, Rolf Fritz, Andreas Koenig, Daniel D. Sentler
  • Publication number: 20180089351
    Abstract: A method and system for increasing performance when modeling random latch values are provided. The system including a power management logic that provides a power signal (VDD) that includes a high portion and a low portion, a transformation logic that receives the VDD from the power management logic, generates a updated signal (VDD2) based on the VDD, and outputs the updated signal (VDD2), wherein the VDD2 includes a low portion that extends one cycle, and a latch connected to transformation logic, wherein the latch receives VDD2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Tarang Agarwal, Anupa E. Alex, Franziska Geisert, Alexander Jung, Karin Rebmann, Daniel D. Sentler
  • Publication number: 20180081623
    Abstract: Disclosed aspects relate to a first-in-first-out (FIFO) buffer. The FIFO buffer may include an input interface to receive a set of data payloads. The FIFO buffer may include a set of buffer entry elements to store the set of data payloads. The FIFO buffer may include a set of status indicators to indicate a set of statuses of the set of buffer entry elements with respect to the set of data payloads. The FIFO buffer may include an output interface for release of the set of data payloads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Joerg Behrend, Markus Cebulla, Rolf Fritz, Andreas Koenig, Daniel D. Sentler
  • Publication number: 20170351788
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for verifying a design of an electronic circuit. The electronic circuit comprises at least one register including one or more parts. After receiving specification information of said register, a register monitor module is automatically created based on said received specification information. The register monitor module comprises a scoreboard for each part of the register. Said scoreboard comprises an expected data value queue for receiving expected data values, an actual data value queue for receiving actual data values. Furthermore, the register monitor module provides a matching strategy for comparing expected data values with actual data values. Expected data values and actual data values are compared for each scoreboard based on the matching strategy and an error indication is generated if the result of the comparison step does not fulfil the requirements specified in the matching strategy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Joerg Behrend, Holger Horbach, Alexander Jung, Klaus Keuerleber, Daniel D. Sentler, Jurgen Wakunda