Patents by Inventor Der-Ing Hsu

Der-Ing Hsu 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: 8788744
    Abstract: A memory control device for controlling a primary controller and a secondary controller to access a flash memory is provided. A bus switch is coupled to the primary controller, the secondary controller and the flash memory via a first, second and third serial peripheral interface (SPI) buses, respectively. A selecting unit selectively couples the third SPI bus to one of the first and second buses. When the bus switch receives an access request from the primary controller via the first SPI bus, the selecting unit couples the third SPI bus to the first SPI bus, so as to transmit a chip select signal, a clock signal and a master output slave input (MOSI) signal from the primary controller to the flash memory for accessing the flash memory. The first access request is provided by the first chip select signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Nuvoton Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Shuang-Yi Tan, Yueh-Yao Nain, Der-Ing Hsu
  • Publication number: 20130097363
    Abstract: A memory control device for controlling a primary controller and a secondary controller to access a flash memory is provided. A bus switch is coupled to the primary controller, the secondary controller and the flash memory via a first, second and third serial peripheral interface (SPI) buses, respectively. A selecting unit selectively couples the third SPI bus to one of the first and second buses. When the bus switch receives an access request from the primary controller via the first SPI bus, the selecting unit couples the third SPI bus to the first SPI bus, so as to transmit a chip select signal, a clock signal and a master output slave input (MOSI) signal from the primary controller to the flash memory for accessing the flash memory. The first access request is provided by the first chip select signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: SHUANG-YI TAN, Yueh-Yao Nain, Der-Ing Hsu