Patents by Inventor Richard D. Duce

Richard D. Duce 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: 6850123
    Abstract: A test oscillator circuit separately measures the signal propagation delay for both rising and falling edges through one or more multi-input combinatorial logic circuits. A number of components are configured in a loop so that they together form a free-running ring oscillator. Each synchronous component passes signal edges to a subsequent component in the ring, so the oscillator produces an oscillating test signal in which the period relates to the delays through the components. In some embodiments, the multi-input combinatorial logic circuits emulate tri-state buffers. These embodiments characterize the speed at which these logic circuits enable and disable signal paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.
    Inventors: Himanshu J. Verma, Anthony P. Calderone, Richard D. Duce