Patents by Inventor Min-Jung Fan-Chiang

Min-Jung Fan-Chiang 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: 9367491
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of arbitrating among a plurality of channels to access a resource, comprising the steps of: providing each channel an address back-to-back counter; assigning each address back-to-back counter an initial value and a pre-defined threshold, wherein the address back-to-back counter is updated according to the activities of back-to-back access to the resource by the channel; and providing each channel a contiguous window setting to define a number of contiguous times for the channel to access the resource; wherein a channel being served is to be served for contiguous times defined by the contiguous window setting of the channel if the address back-to-back counter value of the channel is higher than the pre-defined threshold of the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignees: Global Unichip, Corp., Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao Yu Chen, Min-Jung Fan-Chiang, Jung Chi Huang
  • Publication number: 20150186053
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of arbitrating among a plurality of channels to access a resource, comprising the steps of: providing each channel an address back-to-back counter; assigning each address back-to-back counter an initial value and a pre-defined threshold, wherein the address back-to-back counter is updated according to the activities of back-to-back access to the resource by the channel; and providing each channel a contiguous window setting to define a number of contiguous times for the channel to access the resource; wherein a channel being served is to be served for contiguous times defined by the contiguous window setting of the channel if the address back-to-back counter value of the channel is higher than the pre-defined threshold of the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicants: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD., GLOBAL UNICHIP CORP.
    Inventors: Chao Yu Chen, Min-Jung Fan-Chiang, Jung Chi Huang