Patents by Inventor Lawrence Cy-Wei Hung

Lawrence Cy-Wei Hung 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).

  • Method and structure for loading data into several IC devices
    Patent number: 5838167
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for decreasing the amount of time necessary to load configuration data into Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) or other integrated circuit devices. In a preferred embodiment, serially arrayed FPGAs receive a concatenated stream of data from a common data bus. As a first FPGA reaches a loading-complete state, an enabling token is passed from the first FPGA to an enabling input on the next FPGA. The process repeats until all devices are completely loaded or fully configured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles R. Erickson, Lawrence Cy-Wei Hung
  • Method and structure for loading data into several IC devices
    Patent number: 5640106
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for decreasing the amount of time necessary to load configuration data into Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) or other integrated circuit devices. In a preferred embodiment, serially arrayed FPGAs receive a concatenated stream of data from a common data bus. As a first FPGA reaches a loading-complete state, an enabling token is passed from the first FPGA to an enabling input on the next FPGA. The process repeats until all devices are completely loaded or fully configured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles R. Erickson, Lawrence Cy-Wei Hung