Patents by Inventor Danny J. Allred

Danny J. Allred 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).

  • Publication number: 20140270325
    Abstract: A method for making a diaphragm is provided. The method includes providing a first ring (305) having a first diameter and a second ring (307) having a second diameter which is greater than said first diameter, wherein at least one of said first and second rings comprises a first elastomeric material; and overmolding the first and second rings with a second material (303) which is distinct from said first material, thereby forming a diaphragm (301).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: NUVENTIX, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Poynot, Raghavendran Mahalingam, Stephen P. Darbin, Lee M. Jones, Markus Schwickert, Danny J. Allred, Bouraoui Ben Makhlouf
  • Patent number: 7660968
    Abstract: A reconfigurable processor includes a processor core for operating on a set of instructions to carry out predefined processes and includes a plurality of input/output pins in addition to a plurality of functional input/output blocks. These functional blocks allow the processing core to interface with the plurality of input/output pins, each of the functional input/output blocks having an associated and predetermined functionality. This functionality comprises the output as a function of the input, the function defined by the functionality. Each of the functional input/output blocks has a requirement for a defined number of the plurality of input/output pins wherein the total of the defined number for all of the plurality of functional input/output blocks exceeds the number of the plurality of input/output pins and wherein the processor core is interfaced with one of the input or output of each of the functional blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Inventors: Donald E. Alfano, Danny J. Allred, Douglas S. Piasecki, Kenneth W. Fernald, Ka Y. Leung, Brian Caloway, Alan Storvik, Paul Highley, Douglas R. Holberg
  • Patent number: 7613901
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package includes a processing core for operating on a set of instructions to carry out predefined processes. A plurality of comparators perform compare operations within the integrated circuit package. At least one control register is associated with each of the plurality of comparators, and each of the plurality of comparators are software programmable to control a hysteresis of the comparators responsive to control bits established in the at least one control register of the comparator by the processing core. An amount of positive hysteresis is programmed via a first group of the control bits and an amount of negative hysteresis is programmed via a second group of the control bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Silicon Labs CP, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Alfano, Danny J. Allred, Douglas S. Piasecki, Kenneth W. Fernald, Ka Y. Leung, Brian Caloway, Alvin Storvik, Paul Highley, Douglas R. Holberg
  • Patent number: 7504900
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package includes a processing core and an internal oscillator. The processing core operates on a set of instructions to carry out predefined processes. The internal oscillator provides a system clock for the integrated circuit package. The internal oscillator has associated therewith an internal control register for controlling the operation of the internal oscillator responsive to control bits of the internal oscillator controlled by the processing core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Silicon Labs CP, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Alfano, Danny J. Allred, Douglas S. Piasecki, Kenneth W. Fernald, Ka Y. Leung, Brian Caloway, Alan Storvik, Paul Highley, Douglas R. Holberg
  • Patent number: 7498962
    Abstract: A method for converting analog data to digital data includes operating an analog-to-digital data converter in a tracking mode to sample an input signal and in a convert mode to convert the sampled input signal after sampling to a digital signal. The analog-to-digital data converter is controlled with a controller to operate in different modes of operation by providing at least one step wherein the tracking mode of operation is controlled to initiate at a predetermined time to begin the sampling operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Silicon Labs CP, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Alfano, Danny J. Allred, Douglas S. Piasecki, Kenneth W. Fernald, Ka Y. Leung, Brian Caloway, Alvin Storvik, Paul Highley, Douglas R. Holberg
  • Patent number: 6839795
    Abstract: A matrix of routing cells forming a cross-bar decoder (70). Signal triplets (84, 86, 88) coupled to the cross-bar decoder (70) are assigned a priority. A register (50) provide outputs to the cross-bar decoder (70) to either activate or deactivate routing of the triplet signals (84, 86,88) through the cross-bar decoder (70). The routing cells (72-82) are arranged in a matrix of columns and rows, where the triplet signals are applied to the row routing cells (72, 74, 76) and are extracted at the column routing cells (76, 80, 82). When a routing cell in a row is enabled to couple signals to an output, it disables all other lower priority routing cells in its column so that they cannot route signals to that output. Based on the automatic disabling of routing cells by others, the signals ripple through the cross-bar decoder (70) until all high priority I/O pins are used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Silicon Labs CP, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Fernald, Danny J. Allred, Donald E. Alfano