Patents by Inventor Robert L. Yocom

Robert L. Yocom 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: 6380776
    Abstract: Digital circuitry synchronizes clock signals in a digital circuit. A value of a reference clock is sampled at a plurality of points near a transition point of a generated clock. It is determined whether the reference clock transitioned from a first state to a second state before, after or within an acceptable range of a transition point of the generated clock. Upon determining that the reference clock transitioned before the transition point of the generated clock, one period of the generated clock is shortened. Upon determining that the reference clock transitioned after the transition point of the generated clock, one period of the generated clock is lengthened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventor: Robert L. Yocom