Patents by Inventor Greg Gruber

Greg Gruber 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: 12301228
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a flip-flop circuit and a gating circuit. The flip-flop circuit is arranged to receive an input data for generating a master signal during a writing mode according to a first clock signal and a second clock signal, and to output an output data according to the first clock signal and the second clock signal during a storing mode. The gating circuit is arranged for generating the first clock signal and the second clock signal according to the master signal and an input clock signal. When the input clock signal is at a signal level, the first clock signal and the second clock signal are at different logic levels. When the input clock signal is at another signal level, the first clock signal and the second clock signal are at a same logic level determined according to a signal level of the master signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Greg Gruber, Chi-Lin Liu, Ming-Chang Kuo, Lee-Chung Lu, Shang-Chih Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20240275384
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a flip-flop circuit and a gating circuit. The flip-flop circuit is arranged to receive an input data for generating a master signal during a writing mode according to a first clock signal and a second clock signal, and to output an output data according to the first clock signal and the second clock signal during a storing mode. The gating circuit is arranged for generating the first clock signal and the second clock signal according to the master signal and an input clock signal. When the input clock signal is at a signal level, the first clock signal and the second clock signal are at different logic levels. When the input clock signal is at another signal level, the first clock signal and the second clock signal are at a same logic level determined according to a signal level of the master signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: GREG GRUBER, CHI-LIN LIU, MING-CHANG KUO, LEE-CHUNG LU, SHANG-CHIH HSIEH
  • Patent number: 11996842
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a flip-flop circuit and a gating circuit. The flip-flop circuit is arranged to receive an input data for generating a master signal during a writing mode according to a first clock signal and a second clock signal, and to output an output data according to the first clock signal and the second clock signal during a storing mode. The gating circuit is arranged for generating the first clock signal and the second clock signal according to the master signal and an input clock signal. When the input clock signal is at a signal level, the first clock signal and the second clock signal are at different logic levels. When the input clock signal is at another signal level, the first clock signal and the second clock signal are at a same logic level determined according to a signal level of the master signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Greg Gruber, Chi-Lin Liu, Ming-Chang Kuo, Lee-Chung Lu, Shang-Chih Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20230092284
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a flip-flop circuit and a gating circuit. The flip-flop circuit is arranged to receive an input data for generating a master signal during a writing mode according to a first clock signal and a second clock signal, and to output an output data according to the first clock signal and the second clock signal during a storing mode. The gating circuit is arranged for generating the first clock signal and the second clock signal according to the master signal and an input clock signal. When the input clock signal is at a signal level, the first clock signal and the second clock signal are at different logic levels. When the input clock signal is at another signal level, the first clock signal and the second clock signal are at a same logic level determined according to a signal level of the master signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: GREG GRUBER, CHI-LIN LIU, MING-CHANG KUO, LEE-CHUNG LU, SHANG-CHIH HSIEH
  • Patent number: 11509306
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a flip-flop circuit and a gating circuit. The flip-flop circuit is arranged to receive an input data for generating a master signal during a writing mode according to a first clock signal and a second clock signal, and to output an output data according to the first clock signal and the second clock signal during a storing mode. The gating circuit is arranged for generating the first clock signal and the second clock signal according to the master signal and an input clock signal. When the input clock signal is at a signal level, the first clock signal and the second clock signal are at different logic levels. When the input clock signal is at another signal level, the first clock signal and the second clock signal are at a same logic level determined according to a signal level of the master signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Greg Gruber, Chi-Lin Liu, Ming-Chang Kuo, Lee-Chung Lu, Shang-Chih Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20210313985
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a flip-flop circuit and a gating circuit. The flip-flop circuit is arranged to receive an input data for generating a master signal during a writing mode according to a first clock signal and a second clock signal, and to output an output data according to the first clock signal and the second clock signal during a storing mode. The gating circuit is arranged for generating the first clock signal and the second clock signal according to the master signal and an input clock signal. When the input clock signal is at a signal level, the first clock signal and the second clock signal are at different logic levels. When the input clock signal is at another signal level, the first clock signal and the second clock signal are at a same logic level determined according to a signal level of the master signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: GREG GRUBER, CHI-LIN LIU, MING-CHANG KUO, LEE-CHUNG LU, SHANG-CHIH HSIEH
  • Publication number: 20210226628
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes: a flip-flop circuit arranged to receive an input data for generating a master signal during a writing mode according to a first clock signal and a second clock signal, and to output an output data according to the first clock signal and the second clock signal during a storing mode; and a gating circuit coupled to the flip-flop circuit, for generating the first clock signal and the second clock signal according to the master signal and an input clock signal; wherein a first signal transition number of the first clock signal and a second signal transition number of the second clock signal are not greater than a third signal transition number of the input clock signal during the writing mode and the storing mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: GREG GRUBER, CHI-LIN LIU, MING-CHANG KUO, LEE-CHUNG LU, SHANG-CHIH HSIEH
  • Patent number: 11050423
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes: a flip-flop circuit arranged to receive an input data for generating a master signal during a writing mode according to a first clock signal and a second clock signal, and to output an output data according to the first clock signal and the second clock signal during a storing mode; and a gating circuit coupled to the flip-flop circuit, for generating the first clock signal and the second clock signal according to the master signal and an input clock signal; wherein a first signal transition number of the first clock signal and a second signal transition number of the second clock signal are not greater than a third signal transition number of the input clock signal during the writing mode and the storing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Greg Gruber, Chi-Lin Liu, Ming-Chang Kuo, Lee-Chung Lu, Shang-Chih Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11025236
    Abstract: A flip-flop circuit using AOI and OAI includes: a MUX unit with a multiplexer selecting between a first signal and a second signal; a master unit with two OAI, wherein the first OAI is coupled between a first node N1 and a third node N3, the second OAI is coupled between a second node N2 and a fourth node N4; a slave unit with two AOI, wherein the first AOI is coupled between the third node N3 and a fifth node N5, the second AOI is coupled between the fourth node N4 and a sixth node N6; and a clock for controlling the two AOI and the two OAI, the clock is connected to the first and the second AOI and the first and the second OAI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Po-Chia Lai, Chi-Lin Liu, Greg Gruber, Stefan Rusu