Patents by Inventor Lee Alan Larson

Lee Alan Larson 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).

  • Circuits, systems, apparatus and processes for monitoring activity in multi-processing systems
    Patent number: 8407528
    Abstract: An electronic circuit includes a first processor (100) operable to perform processing operations, a first trace buffer (230) coupled to the first processor (100), a first triggering circuit (210) coupled to the first processor (100), the first triggering circuit (210) operable to detect a specified sequence of particular processing operations in the first processor (100); a second processor (101), a second trace buffer (231) coupled to the second processor (101), a second triggering circuit (211) coupled to the second processor (101), the second triggering circuit (211) operable to detect at least one other processing operation in the second processor (101); and a cross trace circuit (330) having a trace output and having inputs coupled to the first triggering circuit (210) and to the second triggering circuit (211), the cross trace circuit (330) configurably operable to respond to a sequence including both a detection of the sequence of particular processing operations of the first processor (100) by the fir
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Lee Alan Larson
  • CIRCUITS, SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND PROCESSES FOR MONITORING ACTIVITY IN MULTI-PROCESSING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20100332909
    Abstract: An electronic circuit includes a first processor (100) operable to perform processing operations, a first trace buffer (230) coupled to the first processor (100), a first triggering circuit (210) coupled to the first processor (100), the first triggering circuit (210) operable to detect a specified sequence of particular processing operations in the first processor (100); a second processor (101), a second trace buffer (231) coupled to the second processor (101), a second triggering circuit (211) coupled to the second processor (101), the second triggering circuit (211) operable to detect at least one other processing operation in the second processor (101); and a cross trace circuit (330) having a trace output and having inputs coupled to the first triggering circuit (210) and to the second triggering circuit (211), the cross trace circuit (330) configurably operable to respond to a sequence including both a detection of the sequence of particular processing operations of the first processor (100) by the fir
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Lee Alan Larson