Patents by Inventor Frank D Simon

Frank D Simon 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).

  • Method and system for analyzing a refresh rate of a volatile memory device
    Patent number: 11462284
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for a analyzing a refresh rate of a device under test (DUT) such as a volatile memory device that includes a memory and an associated memory controller. The method includes acquiring refresh data based upon signals between the memory and the memory controller of the volatile memory device over a time period, determining the refresh rate of the volatile memory device for time windows of the time period based upon the acquired refresh data, and displaying the refresh rate of the volatile memory device, compared to a refresh threshold, on a graphical user interface (GUI), for each of the time windows over the time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Keysight Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Shaun Backsen, Frank D. Simon, Jennie Colleen Grosslight
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING A REFRESH RATE OF A VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170062073
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for a analyzing a refresh rate of a device under test (DUT) such as a volatile memory device that includes a memory and an associated memory controller. The method includes acquiring refresh data based upon signals between the memory and the memory controller of the volatile memory device over a time period, determining the refresh rate of the volatile memory device for time windows of the time period based upon the acquired refresh data, and displaying the refresh rate of the volatile memory device, compared to a refresh threshold, on a graphical user interface (GUI), for each of the time windows over the time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Shaun Backsen, Frank D. Simon, Jennie Colleen Grosslight
  • Method and system for analyzing double data rate (DDR) random access memory (RAM) signals and displaying DDR RAM transactions
    Patent number: 9502086
    Abstract: A logic analyzer and method of logic analysis: detect via one or more probes a plurality of signals associated with a double data rate (DDR) random access memory (RAM); analyze the detected signals to identify a plurality of Transactions for the DDR RAM pertaining to a plurality of Operations for the DDR RAM; select one of the plurality of Operations for the DDR RAM; identify all of the Transactions for the DDR RAM which pertain to the selected Operation; and display indications of all of the Transactions for the DDR RAM which pertain to the selected Operation together on a display window of a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Keysight Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank D. Simon, Michael Shaun Backsen
  • Graphical user interface for a logic analyzer which allows simplified clock selection
    Patent number: 6407756
    Abstract: Provided is a graphical user interface for a logic analyzer that allows for simplified clock configuration selection. The graphical user interface consolidates all clock selection functions onto a single screen, allowing for ease of understanding and navigation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David N Sontag, Jeffrey Erickson Roeca, Frank D Simon