Patents by Inventor Leslie M. DeBruyne

Leslie M. DeBruyne 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).

  • Speed verification of an embedded processor in a programmable logic device
    Patent number: 7231621
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for generating a test program for a programmable logic device having an embedded processor. Predetermined code is obtained to exercise at least one speed limiting path identified. To the predetermined code is added wrapper code to provide the test program, the wrapper code in part for loading the predetermined code into cache of the embedded processor for testing the at least one speed limiting path of the embedded processor identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignees: Xilinx, Inc., International Business Machines
    Inventors: Nigel G. Herron, Ahmad R. Ansari, Stephen M. Douglass, Anthony Correale, Jr., Leslie M. DeBruyne