Patents by Inventor Julian Kain

Julian Kain 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 apparatus for controlling an operating mode for an embedded Ethernet media access controller
    Patent number: 8284801
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for controlling an operating mode of an Ethernet media access controller (MAC) embedded in a programmable device is described. In some examples, a configuration circuit is configured to receive a configuration signal from configuration memory of the programmable device and a host signal from a host bus of the programmable device, and configured to output a control length check disable signal the value of which depends on the value of at least one of the configuration signal or the host signal. A parameter check circuit is configured to receive a control signal derived from at least one of the control length check disable signal or the configuration signal, and configured to selectively disable checking a length of each control frame in frames received by the Ethernet MAC based on a value of the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.
    Inventors: Mehulkumar R. Vashi, Robert Yin, Jayant Mittal, Nicholas McKay, Julian Kain, Martin B. Rhodes, Mark R. Nethercot