Patents by Inventor Kevin R. Kinsella

Kevin R. Kinsella 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: 5572145
    Abstract: A switching array is formed with a plurality of switches each having an input and an output. The switches are associated with a digital bus, such as an address or data bus, and transfer the values on their inputs to their outputs when a control signal is received. When the switches undergo a transition from a logical value of "1," which is about the supply voltage down to a logical value of "0," which is about the ground potential, the switches produce a load current which is discharged to ground. In a first embodiment, the load current is divided into two parts and discharged to ground at two different times by using switches which have two different speeds. The faster switches will discharge the load current first followed a time later by the second slower group of switches. In a second embodiment, the switches all have the same speed and the control signal is delayed to half of the switches. Thus, the switches receiving a delayed control signal will discharge a load current later than the other switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin R. Kinsella