Patents by Inventor Milo D. Sprague

Milo D. Sprague 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: 6567337
    Abstract: A pulsed circuit topology to perform a memory array write operation. A write enable pulse width control circuit is responsive to a pulsed clock signal to generate a pulsed write enable signal and a write data path circuit is provided to output a write data signal. The write enable pulse width control circuit and the write data path circuit together control a write operation to a memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Milo D. Sprague, David K. Li, Robert J. Murray
  • Patent number: 6542006
    Abstract: A reset first latching mechanism comprises a pulse chopper circuit responsive to a pulsed signal to control initiation and termination of a reset pulse wherein a domino node is to be precharged in response to the reset pulse. The reset first latching mechanism also includes domino logic circuit responsive to an evaluate pulse at an input to evaluate at the domino node based on a logic function performed by the domino logic circuit. The reset pulse is timed such that the reset pulse is completed before the evaluate at the domino node occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Milo D. Sprague, Robert J. Murray
  • Patent number: 6531897
    Abstract: A global clock self-timed circuit initiates a precharge pulse in response to which a domino node is precharged. A self-terminating precharge circuit coupled to the global clock self-timed circuit and the domino node terminates the precharge pulse after the domino node has been precharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Mark S. Milshtein, Milo D. Sprague, Terry I. Chappell, Thomas D. Fletcher
  • Patent number: 6496038
    Abstract: A pulsed circuit topology including a pulsed domino flip-flop. A circuit includes a domino logic gate having a domino output node responsive to input data during an evaluate pulse. Reset circuitry initiates and self-terminates a reset pulse during which the domino output node is precharged. A latch responsive to a first pulsed clock input signal is provided to latch data indicated at the domino output node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Milo D. Sprague, Rajesh Kumar, Robert J. Murray
  • Patent number: 6239621
    Abstract: A method is provided for precharging a node in an integrated circuit in which the node is precharged a first predetermined delay after the node evaluates and, thereafter, the precharge ceases after a second shorter predetermined delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Mark S. Milshtein, Milo D. Sprague
  • Patent number: 6204714
    Abstract: A variable width pulse generator. The pulse generator includes a pulse circuit responsive to a reset signal to provide a pulse circuit signal. A variable delay reset loop path, coupled to the pulse circuit, is responsive to the pulse circuit signal to provide the reset signal. A control signal may vary the width of a pulse generated by the circuit by varying the length of a delay associated with the reset loop path. Both a coarse control signal, such as a signal that selectively removes a logic element in the reset loop path, and a fine control signal, such as a signal that controls a tunable delay element in the reset loop path, may be used to adjust the pulse width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Intel Corp.
    Inventors: Mark S. Milshtein, Thomas D. Fletcher, Kevin (Xia) Dai, Terry I. Chappell, Milo D. Sprague