Patents by Inventor Michael Shaun Backsen

Michael Shaun Backsen 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: 11462284
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for a analyzing a refresh rate of a device under test (DUT) such as a volatile memory device that includes a memory and an associated memory controller. The method includes acquiring refresh data based upon signals between the memory and the memory controller of the volatile memory device over a time period, determining the refresh rate of the volatile memory device for time windows of the time period based upon the acquired refresh data, and displaying the refresh rate of the volatile memory device, compared to a refresh threshold, on a graphical user interface (GUI), for each of the time windows over the time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Keysight Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Shaun Backsen, Frank D. Simon, Jennie Colleen Grosslight
  • Publication number: 20170062073
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for a analyzing a refresh rate of a device under test (DUT) such as a volatile memory device that includes a memory and an associated memory controller. The method includes acquiring refresh data based upon signals between the memory and the memory controller of the volatile memory device over a time period, determining the refresh rate of the volatile memory device for time windows of the time period based upon the acquired refresh data, and displaying the refresh rate of the volatile memory device, compared to a refresh threshold, on a graphical user interface (GUI), for each of the time windows over the time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Shaun Backsen, Frank D. Simon, Jennie Colleen Grosslight
  • Patent number: 9502086
    Abstract: A logic analyzer and method of logic analysis: detect via one or more probes a plurality of signals associated with a double data rate (DDR) random access memory (RAM); analyze the detected signals to identify a plurality of Transactions for the DDR RAM pertaining to a plurality of Operations for the DDR RAM; select one of the plurality of Operations for the DDR RAM; identify all of the Transactions for the DDR RAM which pertain to the selected Operation; and display indications of all of the Transactions for the DDR RAM which pertain to the selected Operation together on a display window of a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Keysight Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank D. Simon, Michael Shaun Backsen
  • Patent number: 9342641
    Abstract: A method of configuring a logic analyzer based on user input received through a graphical user interface (GUI) comprises receiving at least one first GUI input identifying at least one characteristic of a target system configured to be connected to the logic analyzer, receiving at least one second GUI input indicating a footprint associated with the target system, and receiving at least one third GUI input indicating a mapping between the footprint and a connector of the logic analyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Keysight Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Shaun Backsen, Jennie Colleen Grosslight
  • Publication number: 20040125139
    Abstract: A logic analyzer integrates the capabilities of both textual and graphical description into a common environment, so that each can be used as needed, and in conjunction with the other. In an example embodiment a trigger specification can comprise many “steps”. A step can be conceptualized as an atomic segment of flow charting that involves or investigates a quantity or condition of interest. These steps may involve testing, and a decision concerning whether or not to trigger or whether or not to advance to a next step. A given step can be either textual or graphical. A GUT (Graphical User Interface, as in computer windows, and not to be confused with ‘graphical’ meaning ‘waveform-like’) on a CRT screen in conjunction with a pointing device (e.g., mouse) provides the presentation of the integrated textual and graphical (waveform-like) trigger specification steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Applicant: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas James Beck, Michael Shaun Backsen, Douglas Fred Robison, John Howard Friedman
  • Patent number: 6690398
    Abstract: A logic analyzer integrates the capabilities of both textual and graphical description into a common environment, so that each can be used as needed, and in conjunction with the other. In an example embodiment a trigger specification can comprise many “steps”. A step can be conceptualized as an atomic segment of flow charting that involves or investigates a quantity or condition of interest. These steps may involve testing, and a decision concerning whether or not to trigger or whether or not to advance to a next step. A given step can be either textual or graphical. A GUI (Graphical User Interface, as in computer windows, and not to be confused with ‘graphical’ meaning ‘waveform-like’) on a CRT screen in conjunction with a pointing device (e.g., mouse) provides the presentation of the integrated textual and graphical (waveform-like) trigger specification steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas James Beck, Michael Shaun Backsen, Douglas Fred Robison, John Howard Friedman