Patents by Inventor Klaus D. Maier

Klaus D. Maier 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).

  • Program-controlled unit with on-chip debug resources able to control watchdog timers
    Patent number: 7222263
    Abstract: A program-controlled unit includes a core for executing the program to be executed by the program-controlled unit, and debug resources for tracking and influencing the operations proceeding within the core. The program-controlled unit is distinguished by the fact that the debug resources are able also to influence other components of the program-controlled unit and/or the cooperation of these components with one another and/or with the core. Such action makes it possible to avoid to the greatest possible extent, in a simple manner, the situation wherein disturbances or errors that do not occur in normal operation of the program-controlled unit occur during the debugging or emulation of the program-controlled unit, and/or wherein errors that occur in normal operation of the program-controlled unit do not occur during the debugging or emulation of the program-controlled unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Klaus D. Maier
  • Program-controlled unit
    Publication number: 20040193853
    Abstract: A program-controlled unit (e.g., a microprocessor) including one or more cores and one or more peripheral component circuits connected to buses (conductive lines), and also including debug resources coupled to the buses for monitoring the transmission of trace information (e.g., selected addresses, data and/or control signals), for generating corresponding signals (e.g., the actual trace information or associated identification codes) that are output from the program-controlled unit or stored in it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Klaus D. Maier, Dietmar Konig, Andreas Kolof, Albrecht Mayer
  • Program-controlled unit
    Publication number: 20030061544
    Abstract: A program-controlled unit includes a core for executing the program to be executed by the program-controlled unit, and debug resources for tracking and influencing the operations proceeding within the core. The program-controlled unit is distinguished by the fact that the debug resources are able also to influence other components of the program-controlled unit and/or the cooperation of these components with one another and/or with the core. Such action makes it possible to avoid to the greatest possible extent, in a simple manner, the situation wherein disturbances or errors that do not occur in normal operation of the program-controlled unit occur during the debugging or emulation of the program-controlled unit, and/or wherein errors that occur in normal operation of the program-controlled unit do not occur during the debugging or emulation of the program-controlled unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventor: Klaus D. Maier