Patents by Inventor Martin G. Vickers

Martin G. Vickers 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).

  • System and method for clock detection with glitch rejection
    Patent number: 7352214
    Abstract: A system and a method are presented for detecting the presence of at least one clock signal of a defined clock frequency applied to at least one input port of an integrated circuit system, wherein the a first number M of clock pulses related to the at least one clock signal within a predefined cycle period is counted and the counted first number M of clock pulses is compared with a reference number. Depending on the result of the comparison the presence of the at least one clock signal is detected or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Richard J. Evans, Martin G. Vickers, Simon T. Smith