Patents by Inventor Keith Charles Brouse

Keith Charles Brouse 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).

  • Publication number: 20200195759
    Abstract: A device includes an interface. The interface includes a plurality of pins. The interface further includes first components configured to interpret signals received at the plurality of pins according to a first protocol. The device further includes second components configured to the interpret signals received at the plurality of pins according to a second protocol. The first components are configured to disable the second components in response to a determination that the signals received at the pins correspond to the first protocol. Further, the second components are configured to disable the first components in response to a determination that the signals received at the pins correspond to the second protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Keith Charles BROUSE, Michael Douglas SNEDEKER, Hugo CHEUNG
  • Patent number: 7271748
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for providing a filtered, thermometer coded output signal from an N bit digital input, where N is an integer greater than one. A truncated lookup table provides a corresponding truncated thermometer code in response an address related to the N bit digital input. A code recovery assembly transforms the truncated thermometer code into a thermometer coded output according to a recovery bit associated with the N bit digital input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Keith Charles Brouse, Paul E. Landman