Patents by Inventor Michael M. Heidling

Michael M. Heidling 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).

  • Pattern sequence and state transition triggers
    Patent number: 7508239
    Abstract: A pattern sequence and state transition trigger generator provides a trigger when a specified transition from one pattern/state to another pattern/state occurs in a set of input signals. Decoders detect each specified pattern/state from the set of input signals to produce a prior value and a current value representing the transition. The prior value is slightly delayed and combined with the current value to produce an overlap when the specified transition occurs, which in turn generates the trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc
    Inventors: Que Thuy Tran, David L. Kelly, Michael M. Heidling