Patents by Inventor David Norvall

David Norvall 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: 4698753
    Abstract: A single chip multiprocessor interface device for interfacing between two processors by connection to their bus systems, the device having a random access memory selectively accessible by the processors under the control of an arbitration latch. The arbitration latch has a bistable device the state of which determines which processor has access to the memory. The outputs of the bistable device have threshold devices which have threshold levels higher than the signal outputs of the bistable device when it is in a metastable state, so that there is no possibility that both processors could have access to the memory at the same time. Data and address registers for the two processors are selectively connectible to the random access memory through multiplexers controlled by the arbitration latch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1987
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen J. Hubbins, David G. England, Andre Szczepanek, David Norvall