Patents by Inventor Henry Duc C. Nguyen

Henry Duc C. Nguyen 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).

  • Data transfer apparatus with channel controller and transfer controller capable of slave and standalone operation
    Patent number: 7555577
    Abstract: A data transfer control apparatus includes a channel controller and a transfer controller. The channel controller receives, prioritizes and queues data transfer requests. The transfer controller includes separate control of data source and data destination in a data transfer corresponding to the data transfer requests. The transfer controller includes a data transfer program register and active source and destination registers. The transfer controller operates from the active source and destination registers. Upon completion of a data transfer the transfer controller writes data transfer parameters from the data transfer program register to the active source and destination registers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Roger K. Castille, Natarajan Kurian Seshan, Marco Lazar, Henry Duc C. Nguyen
  • Data transfer with single channel controller controlling plural transfer controllers
    Patent number: 7546392
    Abstract: A data transfer control apparatus includes a channel controller and plural transfer controllers. The channel controller receives, prioritizes and queues data transfer requests. An event to transfer controller table enables recall of a transfer controller number corresponding to the data transfer request. The plural transfer controllers are independent and can operate simultaneously in parallel. Each transfer controller includes a read bus interface and a write bus interface which arbitrate with other bus masters in the case of blocking accesses directed to interfering devices or address ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Roger K. Castille, Natarajan Kurian Seshan, Henry Duc C. Nguyen, Marco Lazar, Jason A. T. Jones