Patents by Inventor Eugene E. Keech

Eugene E. Keech 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: 4999528
    Abstract: A clocked electronic flip-flop device which uses a novel method of storing digital data that is immune to metastability, regardless of data input level or timing, is disclosed. The method includes first converting the data input level to a stored voltage level which, in turn, is operably disconnected from its input source after the active transition of an external clock signal. In a preferred embodiment, the data input level is combined in an EXCLUSIVE OR circuit with the existing state of the flip-flop device to produce the stored voltage. The stored voltage is processed by a high-speed comparator which causes an internal clock pulse to be generated if and only if the amplitude of the stored voltage level exceeds a predetermined threshold level range. The internal clock pulse, if generated, is then used to toggle a conventional type flip-flop element comprising the output stage of the device into the opposite logic state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1991
    Inventor: Eugene E. Keech