Patents by Inventor David Hightower

David Hightower 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).

  • Field programmable gate array and microcontroller system-on-a-chip
    Patent number: 7886130
    Abstract: A system-on-a-chip integrated circuit has a field programmable gate array core having logic clusters, static random access memory modules, and routing resources, a field programmable gate array virtual component interface translator having inputs and outputs, wherein the inputs are connected to the field programmable gate array core, a microcontroller, a microcontroller virtual component interface translator having input and outputs, wherein the inputs are connected to the microcontroller, a system bus connected to the outputs of the field programmable gate array virtual component interface translator and also to the outputs of said microcontroller virtual component interface translator, and direct connections between the microcontroller and the routing resources of the field programmable gate array core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Actel Corporation
    Inventors: Arunangshu Kundu, Arnold Goldfein, William C. Plants, David Hightower
  • FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAY AND MICROCONTROLLER SYSTEM-ON-A-CHIP
    Publication number: 20090106531
    Abstract: A system-on-a-chip integrated circuit has a field programmable gate array core having logic clusters, static random access memory modules, and routing resources, a field programmable gate array virtual component interface translator having inputs and outputs, wherein the inputs are connected to the field programmable gate array core, a microcontroller, a microcontroller virtual component interface translator having input and outputs, wherein the inputs are connected to the microcontroller, a system bus connected to the outputs of the field programmable gate array virtual component interface translator and also to the outputs of said microcontroller virtual component interface translator, and direct connections between the microcontroller and the routing resources of the field programmable gate array core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: Actel Corporation
    Inventors: Arunangshu Kundu, Arnold Goldfein, William C. Plants, David Hightower
  • Field programmable gate array and microcontroller system-on-a-chip
    Patent number: 7516303
    Abstract: A system-on-a-chip integrated circuit has a field programmable gate array core having logic clusters, static random access memory modules, and routing resources, a field programmable gate array virtual component interface translator having inputs and outputs, wherein the inputs are connected to the field programmable gate array core, a microcontroller, a microcontroller virtual component interface translator having input and outputs, wherein the inputs are connected to the microcontroller, a system bus connected to the outputs of the field programmable gate array virtual component interface translator and also to the outputs of said microcontroller virtual component interface translator, and direct connections between the microcontroller and the routing resources of the field programmable gate array core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Actel Corporation
    Inventors: Arunangshu Kundu, Arnold Goldfein, William C. Plants, David Hightower
  • Field programmable gate array and microcontroller system-on-a-chip
    Patent number: 7069419
    Abstract: A system-on-a-chip integrated circuit has a field programmable gate array core having logic clusters, static random access memory modules, and routing resources, a field programmable gate array virtual component interface translator having inputs and outputs, wherein the inputs are connected to the field programmable gate array core, a microcontroller, a microcontroller virtual component interface translator having input and outputs, wherein the inputs are connected to the microcontroller, a system bus connected to the outputs of the field programmable gate array virtual component interface translator and also to the outputs of said microcontroller virtual component interface translator, and direct connections between the microcontroller and the routing resources of the field programmable gate array core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Actel Corporation
    Inventors: Arunangshu Kundu, Arnold Goldfein, William C. Plants, David Hightower
  • Field programmable gate array and microcontroller system-on-a-chip
    Publication number: 20050257031
    Abstract: A system-on-a-chip integrated circuit has a field programmable gate array core having logic clusters, static random access memory modules, and routing resources, a field programmable gate array virtual component interface translator having inputs and outputs, wherein the inputs are connected to the field programmable gate array core, a microcontroller, a microcontroller virtual component interface translator having input and outputs, wherein the inputs are connected to the microcontroller, a system bus connected to the outputs of the field programmable gate array virtual component interface translator and also to the outputs of said microcontroller virtual component interface translator, and direct connections between the microcontroller and the routing resources of the field programmable gate array core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Arunangshu Kundu, Arnold Goldfein, William Plants, David Hightower
  • Field programmable gate array and microcontroller system-on-a-chip
    Publication number: 20040232942
    Abstract: A system-on-a-chip integrated circuit has a field programmable gate array core having logic clusters, static random access memory modules, and routing resources, a field programmable gate array virtual component interface translator having inputs and outputs, wherein the inputs are connected to the field programmable gate array core, a microcontroller, a microcontroller virtual component interface translator having input and outputs, wherein the inputs are connected to the microcontroller, a system bus connected to the outputs of the field programmable gate array virtual component interface translator and also to the outputs of said microcontroller virtual component interface translator, and direct connections between the microcontroller and the routing resources of the field programmable gate array core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: Actel Corporation
    Inventors: Arunangshu Kundu, Arnold Goldfein, William C. Plants, David Hightower
  • Field programmable gate array and microcontroller system-on-a-chip
    Patent number: 6751723
    Abstract: An system-on-a-chip integrated circuit has a field programmable gate array core having logic clusters, static random access memory modules, and routing resources, a field programmable gate array virtual component interface translator having inputs and outputs, wherein the inputs are connected to the field programmable gate array core, a microcontroller, a microcontroller virtual component interface translator having input and outputs, wherein the inputs are connected to the microcontroller, a system bus connected to the outputs of the field programmable gate array virtual component interface translator and also to the outputs of said microcontroller virtual component interface translator, and direct connections between the microcontroller and the routing resources of the field programmable gate array core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Actel Corporation
    Inventors: Arunangshu Kundu, Arnold Goldfein, William C. Plants, David Hightower