Patents by Inventor Kalen B. Brunham

Kalen B. Brunham 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: 10235485
    Abstract: Circuitry for the simulation of partial reconfiguration of a logic design for an integrated circuit device using a hybrid model is provided. The circuitry may create a hybrid model by combining structural model netlists of one or more partial reconfiguration partitions of the logic design with a behavioral model of a static partition of the logic design. The hybrid model may undergo partial reconfiguration verification to ensure that undefined signals do not bypass a freeze bridge and pass from registers in the partial reconfiguration partitions to the static partition, and to ensure that these registers are each in a defined state after the partial reconfiguration operation and a register reset operation are completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Mahesh A. Iyer, Kalen B. Brunham
  • Patent number: 9852255
    Abstract: A programmable circuit includes a physical interface at an input output (IO) periphery of the programmable circuit. The programmable circuit also includes a partial reconfigurable (PR) module, at the IO periphery of the programmable circuit, to implement a sequencer unit operable to configure the physical interface during a first instance of the PR module, and a controller unit operable to translate commands to the physical interface during a second instance of the PR module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Kalen B. Brunham, Gordon Raymond Chiu, Joshua David Fender
  • Publication number: 20160283636
    Abstract: A programmable circuit includes a physical interface at an input output (IO) periphery of the programmable circuit. The programmable circuit also includes a partial reconfigurable (PR) module, at the IO periphery of the programmable circuit, to implement a sequencer unit operable to configure the physical interface during a first instance of the PR module, and a controller unit operable to translate commands to the physical interface during a second instance of the PR module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Kalen B. Brunham, Gordon Raymond Chiu, Joshua David Fender
  • Patent number: 9384312
    Abstract: A programmable circuit includes a physical interface at an input output (IO) periphery of the programmable circuit. The programmable circuit also includes a partial reconfigurable (PR) module, at the IO periphery of the programmable circuit, to implement a sequencer unit operable to configure the physical interface during a first instance of the PR module, and a controller unit operable to translate commands to the physical interface during a second instance of the PR module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Kalen B. Brunham, Gordon Raymond Chiu, Joshua David Fender
  • Patent number: 8930597
    Abstract: An external memory interface includes an input/output (IO) logic unit operable to convert a rate of data from a first rate corresponding to a memory controller/schedule unit to a second rate corresponding to an external memory device. The external memory interface also includes a latency adjustment unit, operating in a timing domain of the memory controller/schedule unit, operable to add between 1 to [(second rate/first rate)?1] cycles of latency of the second rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan Fung, Christine Lau, Kalen B. Brunham
  • Publication number: 20130263070
    Abstract: A programmable circuit includes a physical interface at an input output (IO) periphery of the programmable circuit. The programmable circuit also includes a partial reconfigurable (PR) module, at the IO periphery of the programmable circuit, to implement a sequencer unit operable to configure the physical interface during a first instance of the PR module, and a controller unit operable to translate commands to the physical interface during a second instance of the PR module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Kalen B. Brunham, Gordon Raymond Chiu, Joshua David Fender
  • Patent number: 8476926
    Abstract: A programmable circuit includes a physical interface at an input output (IO) periphery of the programmable circuit. The programmable circuit also includes a partial reconfigurable (PR) module, at the IO periphery of the programmable circuit, to implement a sequencer unit operable to configure the physical interface during a first instance of the PR module, and a controller unit operable to translate commands to the physical interface during a second instance of the PR module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Kalen B. Brunham, Gordan Raymond Chiu, Joshua David Fender
  • Publication number: 20120110400
    Abstract: A universal memory interface on an integrated circuit includes an external memory interface unit operable to perform data rate conversion for a data signal between a first rate associated with the integrated circuit and a second rate associated with a memory system. The universal memory interface also includes a sequencer unit operable to calibrate at least one of a delay for the data signal and a delay for a strobe for the data signal by executing a calibration procedure instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Valavan Manohararajah, Ivan Bluno, Przemek Guzy, Kalen B. Brunham