Patents by Inventor G{acute over (e)}rard Silvestre De Ferron

G{acute over (e)}rard Silvestre De Ferron 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 device for the incremental reading of a memory
    Patent number: 6178490
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and a device to improve the data output speed of a memory associated with a central processing unit of a microcomputer, should the reading be done at consecutive addresses of the memory in the mode known as the “burst read” mode. The address register is of the type with incrementation controlled by a sequencing circuit. The read register is followed by a data register which records the contents of the read register so as to free this read register to record the contents of the memory cells that are selected by the incremented address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Gaultier, G{acute over (e)}rard Silvestre De Ferron