Patents by Inventor Joe G. Di Bartolomeo

Joe G. Di Bartolomeo 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: 9003096
    Abstract: A method is provided. A communication is received by an input pin of an IC over a single-wire bus, where the communication includes a command byte. If the command byte is an initialization command byte, a self-addressing operation is performed to identify a bus address for the IC. Alternatively, if the command byte is a data movement command byte, a data movement operation is performed. When data movement operation is performed, the bus interface of the IC is set from the transparent mode to the operational mode if an operation address from the command byte matches the bus address so that a register identified in the command byte can be accessed and data movement with the register can be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Dimitar T. Trifonov, Marco A. Gardner, Joe G. Di Bartolomeo
  • Publication number: 20120239841
    Abstract: A method is provided. A communication is received by an input pin of an IC over a single-wire bus, where the communication includes a command byte. If the command byte is an initialization command byte, a self-addressing operation is performed to identify a bus address for the IC. Alternatively, if the command byte is a data movement command byte, a data movement operation is performed. When data movement operation is performed, the bus interface of the IC is set from the transparent mode to the operational mode if an operation address from the command byte matches the bus address so that a register identified in the command byte can be accessed and data movement with the register can be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Dimitar T. Trifonov, Marco A. Gardner, Joe G. Di Bartolomeo