Patents by Inventor Mathew Neal

Mathew Neal 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).

  • Patent number: 9466377
    Abstract: A embodiment relates to a method for processing an erase counter comprising erase counter fields, the method comprising the steps of (i) determining an unused erase counter field; (ii) writing a selection code and an address information in the unused erase counter field, wherein the selection code and the address information are combined to determine at least one physical address of a memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Rex Kho, Mathew Neal
  • Publication number: 20150243359
    Abstract: A embodiment relates to a method for processing an erase counter comprising erase counter fields, the method comprising the steps of (i) determining an unused erase counter field; (ii) writing a selection code and an address information in the unused erase counter field, wherein the selection code and the address information are combined to determine at least one physical address of a memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Rex KHO, Mathew NEAL
  • Patent number: 8363737
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a carrier signal transmitted by a base station according to either a first data-transmission protocol or a second data-transmission protocol; detecting a first field gap in the carrier signal indicating initiation of a data transmission by the base station; and determining whether a reference duration is present in the carrier signal after the first field gap. The method includes, if the reference duration is present in the carrier signal after the first field gap then, according to the first data-transmission protocol, determining a calibration value for the data transmission based on the reference duration and decoding the data transmission by measuring durations between successive subsequent field gaps and determining whether each duration as measured is a binary 1 or binary 0 based on the calibration value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Kurz, Mathew Neal
  • Publication number: 20110243258
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a carrier signal transmitted by a base station according to either a first data-transmission protocol or a second data-transmission protocol; detecting a first field gap in the carrier signal indicating initiation of a data transmission by the base station; and determining whether a reference duration is present in the carrier signal after the first field gap. The method includes, if the reference duration is present in the carrier signal after the first field gap then, according to the first data-transmission protocol, determining a calibration value for the data transmission based on the reference duration and decoding the data transmission by measuring durations between successive subsequent field gaps and determining whether each duration as measured is a binary 1 or binary 0 based on the calibration value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: ATMEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alexander Kurz, Mathew Neal
  • Patent number: 7953146
    Abstract: A method and transponder for wireless data transmission between a base station and a transponder is provided by means of inductive coupling, the transponder supports a first data transmission protocol type and/or a second data transmission protocol type. In the first data transmission protocol type, the data transmission is ended when a maximum value for the duration between successive field gaps is exceeded and in the second data transmission protocol type, after the initiation of the data transmission a reference duration is transmitted by the base station, by means of which the calibration value is determined in the transponder, whereby the calibration value is used for calibrating subsequently received durations. The reference duration is selected as greater than the maximum duration value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Kurz, Mathew Neal
  • Publication number: 20080031317
    Abstract: A method and transponder for wireless data transmission between a base station and a transponder is provided by means of inductive coupling, the transponder supports a first data transmission protocol type and/or a second data transmission protocol type. In the first data transmission protocol type, the data transmission is ended when a maximum value for the duration between successive field gaps is exceeded and in the second data transmission protocol type, after the initiation of the data transmission a reference duration is transmitted by the base station, by means of which the calibration value is determined in the transponder, whereby the calibration value is used for calibrating subsequently received durations. The reference duration is selected as greater than the maximum duration value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Alexander Kurz, Mathew Neal
  • Patent number: 4544853
    Abstract: Between the source of operating voltage (U) and the zero point of the circuit there are provided four series arrangements (s1 . . . s4) of the controlled current paths of each time three insulated-gate field-effect transistors of the same conductivity type, of which the upper transistors (o1 . . . o4) as connected to the source of operating voltage, and the center transistors (m1 . . . m4) are of the depletion type and of identical geometry, while the lower transistors (u1 . . . u4) as connected to the zero point of the circuit, are of the enhancement type and likewise of identical geometry. The center transistors (m1, m3, m4) are connected as a resistors while the gate of the center transistor (m2) is connected to the point connecting the upper and the center transistor (o4, m4). The first input (e1) is connected to the gates of the upper transistors (o1, o3) and the second input (e2) to the gates of the upper transistors (o2, o4). The output of the inverter as formed by the series arrangements (s1 . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1985
    Assignee: ITT Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Mathew Neal, Jochen Reimers
  • Patent number: 4464773
    Abstract: A first variant using conventional ratio-type two-phase design with nonoverlapping clock signals consists of a first inverter (I1), a complex gate (KG), a first transfer transistor (T1), a second inverter (I2), and a third inverter (I3) connected in series with respect to the signal flow. The complex gate (KG) consists of two NORed AND elements (U1, U2). The output of the second inverter (I2) is the count-up output (VA), and that of the third inverter (I3) is the count-down output (RA). The count-up output (VA) is coupled through a second transfer transistor (T3), controlled by the second clock signal (F2), to the first input of the first AND element (U1), whose second input is connected to the output of the first inverter (I1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1984
    Assignee: ITT Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Reiner Backes, Friedrich Schmidtpott, Mathew Neal