Patents by Inventor Kiernan Heffernan

Kiernan Heffernan 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).

  • Interrupt-responsive non-volatile memory system and method
    Patent number: 7930589
    Abstract: An interrupt-responsive non-volatile memory respond to an interrupt by aborting execution by a memory controller of a memory routine in a non-volatile memory, sets, a flag and executes an interrupt service routine; and upon completion of the interrupt service routine, in response to the flag, recovers the execution of the aborted memory routine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Stéphane Lavastre, Kiernan Heffernan, Patrick Crowe
  • Interrupt-responsive non-volatile memory system and method
    Publication number: 20070028141
    Abstract: An interrupt-responsive non-volatile memory respond to an interrupt by aborting execution by a memory controller of a memory routine in a non-volatile memory, sets, a flag and executes an interrupt service routine; and upon completion of the interrupt service routine, in response to the flag, recovers the execution of the aborted memory routine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Stephane Lavastre, Kiernan Heffernan, Patrick Crowe