Patents by Inventor Derek Curd

Derek Curd 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).

  • Reconfiguration of a programmable logic device using internal control
    Publication number: 20050193358
    Abstract: A method of partially reconfiguring an IC having programmable modules that includes the steps of reading a frame of configuration information from the configuration memory array; modifying at least part of the configuration information, thereby creating a modified frame of configuration information; and overwriting the existing frame of configuration information in the configuration memory array with the modified frame, thereby partially reconfiguring the IC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Applicant: Xilinx, Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Blodget, Scott McMillan, Philip James-Roxby, Prasanna Sundararajan, Eric Keller, Derek Curd, Punit Kalra, Richard LeBlanc, Vincent Eck