Patents by Inventor Silvain Clerc

Silvain Clerc 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).

  • Bistable circuit with auto-time-adjusted switching, and flip-flop using such a bistable circuit
    Patent number: 7924078
    Abstract: Bistable circuit switching at the edges of a clock signal, including means for pre-charging an intermediate node of the circuit, delay means including a chain of inverters defining a time window around an edge of said clock signal, means for discharging the intermediate node controlled by at least one input data item making it possible to discharge the intermediate node for the duration of said time window, characterized in that the delay means include means for temporally adjusting the duration of the time window to the time for discharging the intermediate node through said discharge means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, SA
    Inventor: Silvain Clerc
  • Bistable circuit with auto-time-adjusted switching, and flip-flop using such a bistable circuit
    Publication number: 20080054972
    Abstract: Bistable circuit switching at the edges of a clock signal, including means for pre-charging an intermediate node of the circuit, delay means including a chain of inverters defining a time window around an edge of said clock signal, means for discharging the intermediate node controlled by at least one input data item making it possible to discharge the intermediate node for the duration of said time window, characterized in that the delay means include means for temporally adjusting the duration of the time window to the time for discharging the intermediate node through said discharge means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventor: Silvain Clerc