Patents by Inventor Philip B.F. Ching

Philip B.F. Ching 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: 5917872
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for extracting data words from a binary serial bit stream having a fixed bit rate and consisting of fixed length words of n bits each, where n is an integer, each word is preceded by a start bit and followed by one or more stop bits. First a predetermined identifiable transition is detected in said bit stream preceding each data word. A clock signal (DCLK) consisting of n clock pulses is generated in response to each detection of the predetermined transition in coincidence with the bits the data word following the predetermined transition. A data ready signal (DR) is generated after the passage of n bits to delineate the word boundary, and the data words are extracted from the bit stream using the thus generated clock pulses and the data ready signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Mitel Corporation
    Inventor: Philip B.F. Ching