Patents by Inventor Kenneth G. Corfield

Kenneth G. Corfield 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).

  • Interconnecting integrated circuits
    Patent number: 4682323
    Abstract: Connection into and out of digital integrated circuits is made optically, the input being implemented by floodlighting appropriately placed photodiodes at the input points and the output by on chip commutative switching of the connect centers onto a common output pad which drives a light emitting source. Communicating chips are synchronously clocked at the commutation rate to achieve required interconnect configuration via time division multiplexing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1987
    Assignee: Standard Telephones and Cables Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Kenneth G. Corfield, John S. Heeks