Patents by Inventor Ken Shiring

Ken Shiring 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: 8086975
    Abstract: Techniques are described for converting netlists for synchronous circuits such as combinational modules, flip flops (or latches), and clock gating modules, to netlist of asynchronous modules. Processes including algorithms are described that bundle multiple modules in an enable domain, so that they are activated only if the incoming enable token to the enable domain has the UPDATE value. The modules can be clustered inside an enable domain, so that each cluster has a separate controller. The objective function of bundling and clustering can minimize power consumption with respect to a given cycle time. Exemplary embodiments can include a gated multilevel domino template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignees: University of Southern California, Fulcrum Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ken Shiring, Peter A. Beerel, Andrew Lines, Arash Saifhashemi
  • Publication number: 20090288058
    Abstract: Techniques are described for converting netlists for synchronous circuits such as combinational modules, flip flops (or latches), and clock gating modules, to netlist of asynchronous modules. Processes including algorithms are described that bundle multiple modules in an enable domain, so that they are activated only if the incoming enable token to the enable domain has the UPDATE value. The modules can be clustered inside an enable domain, so that each cluster has a separate controller. The objective function of bundling and clustering can minimize power consumption with respect to a given cycle time. Exemplary embodiments can include a gated multilevel domino template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Ken Shiring, Peter A. Beerel, Andrew Lines, Arash Saifhashemi