Patents by Inventor Francois CLOUTE

Francois CLOUTE 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: 11755516
    Abstract: A register bank of a channel of a direct memory access circuit is initialized. Transfer cycles are executed as configured by the register bank, and updates are made to the registers from a memory. At each transfer cycle, an operation is performed in accordance with a first field of the register bank to either: carry on the execution or generate a first signal and suspend the execution. In response to each reception of the first signal by a central processing unit, an operation is performed to either: generate a second signal or modify the content of the register band and/or record into the memory a first item representative of a next update of the register bank. A second signal is then generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
    Inventors: Francois Cloute, Christophe Taba
  • Patent number: 11593289
    Abstract: A memory contains a linked list of records representative of a plurality of data transfers via a direct memory access control circuit. Each record is representative of parameters of an associated data transfer of the plurality of data transfers. The parameters of each record include a transfer start condition of the associated data transfer and a transfer end event of the associated data transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS, STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    Inventors: François Cloute, Sandrine Lendre
  • Publication number: 20220229796
    Abstract: A register bank of a channel of a direct memory access circuit is initialized. Transfer cycles are executed as configured by the register bank, and updates are made to the registers from a memory. At each transfer cycle, an operation is performed in accordance with a first field of the register bank to either: carry on the execution or generate a first signal and suspend the execution. In response to each reception of the first signal by a central processing unit, an operation is performed to either: generate a second signal or modify the content of the register band and/or record into the memory a first item representative of a next update of the register bank. A second signal is then generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
    Inventors: Francois CLOUTE, Christophe TABA
  • Patent number: 11327915
    Abstract: A register bank of a channel of a direct memory access circuit is initialized. Transfer cycles are executed as configured by the register bank, and updates are made to the registers from a memory. At each transfer cycle, an operation is performed in accordance with a first field of the register bank to either: carry on the execution or generate a first signal and suspend the execution. In response to each reception of the first signal by a central processing unit, an operation is performed to either: generate a second signal or modify the content of the register band and/or record into the memory a first item representative of a next update of the register bank. A second signal is then generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
    Inventors: Francois Cloute, Christophe Taba
  • Patent number: 10997087
    Abstract: A system includes a direct memory access controller and a memory coupled to the direct memory access controller. The memory stores a linked list of records. Each record contains a first field determining the number of fields of a next record. For example, each record can be representative of parameters of execution of a data transfer by the direct memory access controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (GRENOBLE 2) SAS
    Inventor: François Cloute
  • Publication number: 20200311001
    Abstract: A register bank of a channel of a direct memory access circuit is initialized. Transfer cycles are executed as configured by the register bank, and updates are made to the registers from a memory. At each transfer cycle, an operation is performed in accordance with a first field of the register bank to either: carry on the execution or generate a first signal and suspend the execution. In response to each reception of the first signal by a central processing unit, an operation is performed to either: generate a second signal or modify the content of the register band and/or record into the memory a first item representative of a next update of the register bank. A second signal is then generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
    Inventors: Francois CLOUTE, Christophe TABA
  • Publication number: 20200026672
    Abstract: A memory contains a linked list of records representative of a plurality of data transfers via a direct memory access control circuit. Each record is representative of parameters of an associated data transfer of the plurality of data transfers. The parameters of each record include a transfer start condition of the associated data transfer and a transfer end event of the associated data transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: François Cloute, Sandrine Lendre
  • Publication number: 20200026662
    Abstract: A system includes a direct memory access controller and a memory coupled to the direct memory access controller. The memory stores a linked list of records. Each record contains a first field determining the number of fields of a next record. For example, each record can be representative of parameters of execution of a data transfer by the direct memory access controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventor: François Cloute