Patents by Inventor Richard Clair Anderson

Richard Clair Anderson 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).

  • Apparatus for efficiently loading scan and non-scan memory elements
    Patent number: 7725789
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for efficiently loading values into scan and non-scan memory elements. First, the network used to distribute control signals to the memory elements is cleared. Second, the desired values are loaded into the scan memory elements. Third, the values from the scan memory elements are propagated to the non-scan memory elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Clair Anderson, Johannes Koesters, Steven Leonard Roberts
  • APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENTLY LOADING SCAN AND NON-SCAN MEMORY ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20080307278
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for efficiently loading values into scan and non-scan memory elements. First, the network used to distribute control signals to the memory elements is cleared. Second, the desired values are loaded into the scan memory elements. Third, the values from the scan memory elements are propagated to the non-scan memory elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Richard Clair Anderson, Johannes Koesters, Steven Leonard Roberts
  • Method of efficiently loading scan and non-scan memory elements
    Patent number: 7447960
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for efficiently loading values into scan and non-scan memory elements. First, the network used to distribute control signals to the memory elements is cleared. Second, the desired values are loaded into the scan memory elements. Third, the values from the scan memory elements are propagated to the non-scan memory elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Clair Anderson, Johannes Koesters, Steven Leonard Roberts