Patents by Inventor Michael D. Gideons

Michael D. Gideons 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 enhancing I2C bus data rate
    Patent number: 7739435
    Abstract: A system for, and method of, enhancing I2C bus data rate and an electronic assembly including the system or the method. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a modulus register associable with a slave device and configured to contain a modulus and (2) data transfer logic associated with the modulus register and configured to transfer data from at least one memory location in the slave device to the I2C bus based on the modulus and a starting address and at least one acknowledgement signal received via the I2C bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Michael D. Gideons
  • System and Method for Enhancing I2C Bus Data Rate
    Publication number: 20080162758
    Abstract: A system for, and method of, enhancing I2C bus data rate and an electronic assembly including the system or the method. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a modulus register associable with a slave device and configured to contain a modulus and (2) data transfer logic associated with the modulus register and configured to transfer data from at least one memory location in the slave device to the I2C bus based on the modulus and a starting address and at least one acknowledgement signal received via the I2C bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Inc.
    Inventor: Michael D. Gideons