Patents by Inventor Laura Dudbridge

Laura Dudbridge 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).

  • Circuit for detecting the position of an extreme "1" bit in a binary number
    Patent number: 5345405
    Abstract: Apparatus for detecting the leftmost "1" bit or the rightmost "1" bit of an input number includes a binary tree (11) of two-inputs OR-gates (13, 14, 15, 16) or their logical equivalent to which the input number is applied in parallel and from which signals are derived and applied as inputs and to control a plurality of trees (MA, MB, MC) of two-input multiplexers (12) from the outputs (E0, E1, E2, E3) of which appear the bits of a number representing the position in the input number of the leftmost "1" or the rightmost "1" bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Brendan Walsh, Richard Simpson, Laura Dudbridge, David Collins, Philip Moyse