Patents by Inventor Michel A. Moacanin

Michel A. Moacanin 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for providing test access to asynchronous circuits and systems
    Patent number: 7260753
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for providing test access by synchronous test equipment to an asynchronous circuit. Synchronous-to-asynchronous (S2A) conversion circuitry is operable to receive synchronous input data serially from the synchronous test equipment and convert the synchronous input data to asynchronous input data. Asynchronous logic is operable to transmit the asynchronous input data to a first test register in the asynchronous circuit, and to transmit asynchronous output data received from a second test register in the asynchronous circuit. The asynchronous output data results from application of the asynchronous input data to the asynchronous circuit. Operation of the asynchronous logic is synchronized at least in part with a clock signal associated with the synchronous test equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Fulcrum Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michel A. Moacanin, Jeremy Boulton, Steven Novak
  • Methods and apparatus for providing test access to asynchronous circuits and systems
    Publication number: 20050013356
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for providing test access by synchronous test equipment to an asynchronous circuit. Synchronous-to-asynchronous (S2A) conversion circuitry is operable to receive synchronous input data serially from the synchronous test equipment and convert the synchronous input data to asynchronous input data. Asynchronous logic is operable to transmit the asynchronous input data to a first test register in the asynchronous circuit, and to transmit asynchronous output data received from a second test register in the asynchronous circuit. The asynchronous output data results from application of the asynchronous input data to the asynchronous circuit. Operation of the asynchronous logic is synchronized at least in part with a clock signal associated with the synchronous test equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2003
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Applicant: Fulcrum Microsystems Inc.
    Inventors: Michel Moacanin, Jeremy Boulton, Steven Novak