Patents by Inventor Safwan Qasem

Safwan Qasem 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).

  • Hardware voting mechanism for arbitrating scaling of shared voltage domain, integrated circuits, processes and systems
    Patent number: 8327158
    Abstract: An electronic circuit includes processors (CPU1, CPU2) operable to make respective voltage requests (Vcpu1, Vcpu2), and a power management circuit (1470) having a controllable supply voltage output (VDD1) is coupled to said processors (CPU1, CPU2) and further has a voting circuit (4520) responsive to the voltage requests (Vcpu1, Vcpu2) and operable to automatically establish a function (Fct) of the respective voltage requests (Vcpu1, Vcpu2) to control the controllable supply voltage output (VDD1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Patrick C Titiano, Safwan Qasem
  • HARDWARE VOTING MECHANISM FOR ARBITRATING SCALING OF SHARED VOLTAGE DOMAIN, INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20080162770
    Abstract: An electronic circuit includes processors (CPU1, CPU2) operable to make respective voltage requests (Vcpu1, Vcpu2), and a power management circuit (1470) having a controllable supply voltage output (VDD1) is coupled to said processors (CPU1, CPU2) and further has a voting circuit (4520) responsive to the voltage requests (Vcpu1, Vcpu2) and operable to automatically establish a function (Fct) of the respective voltage requests (Vcpu1, Vcpu2) to control the controllable supply voltage output (VDD1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Patrick C. Titiano, Safwan Qasem