Patents by Inventor Joachim H. Meyer

Joachim H. Meyer 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).

  • Sequentially configurable programmable integrated circuit
    Patent number: 7932743
    Abstract: A programmable integrated circuit performs an initial partial configuration of the programmable integrated circuit in response to receiving an activation signal. In this way, the programmable integrated circuit enables an initial functionality of the programmable integrated circuit. The programmable integrated circuit then performs a subsequent partial configuration of the programmable integrated circuit for enabling additional functionality of the programmable integrated circuit. In some embodiments, the programmable integrated circuit receives an input signal indicating a stimulus in an environment of the programmable integrated circuit and determines based on the input signal whether to perform the subsequent partial configuration of the programmable integrated circuit or generate a power down signal for powering down the programmable integrated circuit without performing the subsequent partial configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.
    Inventors: Rodney Stewart, Michael Huebner, Juan J. Noguera Serra, Robert P. Esser, Jurgen Becker, Oliver Sander, Matthias Traub, Joachim H. Meyer