Patents by Inventor Rich Collins

Rich Collins 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).

  • Integrated circuit comprising trace logic and method for providing trace information
    Patent number: 8751744
    Abstract: An integrated circuit comprises trace logic for operably coupling to at least one memory element and for providing trace information for a signal processing system. The trace logic comprises trigger detection logic for detecting at least one trace trigger, memory access logic arranged to perform, upon detection of the at least one trace trigger, at least one read operation for at least one memory location of the at least one memory element associated with the at least one detected trigger, memory content message generation logic arranged to generate at least one memory content message comprising information relating to a result of the at least one read operation performed by the memory access logic, and output logic for outputting the at least one memory content message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Bertrand Deleris, Rich Collins
  • INTEGRATED CIRCUIT COMPRISING TRACE LOGIC AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TRACE INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20120072666
    Abstract: An integrated circuit comprises trace logic for operably coupling to at least one memory element and for providing trace information for a signal processing system. The trace logic comprises trigger detection logic for detecting at least one trace trigger, memory access logic arranged to perform, upon detection of the at least one trace trigger, at least one read operation for at least one memory location of the at least one memory element associated with the at least one detected trigger, memory content message generation logic arranged to generate at least one memory content message comprising information relating to a result of the at least one read operation performed by the memory access logic, and output logic for outputting the at least one memory content message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: FreescaleSemiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Bertrand Deleris, Rich Collins