Patents by Inventor Matthew B. Gately

Matthew B. Gately 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).

  • Slave side bus arbitration
    Patent number: 9798686
    Abstract: A method includes, in response to a master port requesting bus access for a bus transfer with a slave port, selecting the master port to allow a master device that is coupled to the master port to perform a bus transfer with a slave device that is coupled to the slave port. The bus transfer is associated with at least one bus cycle. The method includes, in response to an end of the bus transfer, maintaining selection of the master port for at least one additional bus cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: SILICON LABORATORIES INC.
    Inventors: Matthew B. Gately, Øivind Aleksander Grimsgaard Loe
  • SLAVE SIDE BUS ARBITRATION
    Publication number: 20160140067
    Abstract: A method includes, in response to a master port requesting bus access for a bus transfer with a slave port, selecting the master port to allow a master device that is coupled to the master port to perform a bus transfer with a slave device that is coupled to the slave port. The bus transfer is associated with at least one bus cycle. The method includes, in response to an end of the bus transfer, maintaining selection of the master port for at least one additional bus cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew B. Gately, Øivind Aleksander Grimsgaard Loe