Patents by Inventor Kern Wong

Kern Wong 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).

  • Power control and status circuitry for communicating power on reset control and status via a single electrode
    Patent number: 7788515
    Abstract: A system and method providing, via a single output electrode of an integrated circuit having internal circuitry, a status signal having time multiplexed states indicative of a power on reset condition for external circuitry following enablement of operations of portions of the internal circuitry, and further indicative of subsequent operation statuses of the internal circuitry portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Kern Wong, Madhavi Tagare
  • Power Control and Status Circuitry for Communicating Power on Reset Control and Status Via a Single Electrode
    Publication number: 20090044034
    Abstract: A system and method providing, via a single output electrode of an integrated circuit having internal circuitry, a status signal having time multiplexed states indicative of a power on reset condition for external circuitry following enablement of operations of portions of the internal circuitry, and further indicative of subsequent operation statuses of the internal circuitry portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Kern Wong, Madhavi Tagare