Patents by Inventor Roderick Christie McLachlan

Roderick Christie McLachlan 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).

  • Read-write interface system and method that accesses a leading bit in advance of a read operation
    Patent number: 6993616
    Abstract: A read-write interface system and method for a peripheral device includes storing data to be processed by a peripheral device; receiving a set of input data bits; transferring the set of input data bits from the shift register to the latch circuit in a write operation; accessing a leading bit of the set of input data bits from the latch circuit in advance of a read operation; and enabling in a read operation the rest of the input data bits in the latch circuit to be transferred to the shift register to be output with the leading bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Roderick Christie McLachlan
  • Read-write interface system and method
    Publication number: 20040064608
    Abstract: A read-write interface system and method for a peripheral device includes storing data to be processed by a peripheral device; receiving a set of input data bits; transferring the set of input data bits from the shift register to the latch circuit in a write operation; accessing a leading bit of the set of input data bits from the latch circuit in advance of a read operation; and enabling in a read operation the rest of the input data bits in the latch circuit to be transferred to the shift register to be output with the leading bit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: Roderick Christie McLachlan