Patents by Inventor Simon S. Kim

Simon S. Kim 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: 6883051
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a slave interface circuit includes a slave access circuit and a slave bus decoder. The slave access circuit provides access to the one of P slave devices from one of N master processors via a system bus controller and K slave buses. The K slave buses are configured to couple to the P slave devices. The system bus controller dynamically maps address spaces of the P slave devices. The slave bus decoder enables the one of the P slave devices to connect to one of the K slave buses when the one of the P slave devices is addressed by the one of the N master processors. The slave bus decoder is controlled by the system bus controller. In another embodiment of the present invention, the system bus controller includes an arbiter, a mapping circuit, and a switching circuit. The arbiter arbitrates access requests from N master processors via N master buses and generates arbitration signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sheng Hung Wang, Simon S. Kim
  • Publication number: 20040098525
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a slave interface circuit includes a slave access circuit and a slave bus decoder. The slave access circuit provides access to the one of P slave devices from one of N master processors via a system bus controller and K slave buses. The K slave buses are configured to couple to the P slave devices. The system bus controller dynamically maps address spaces of the P slave devices. The slave bus decoder enables the one of the P slave devices to connect to one of the K slave buses when the one of the P slave devices is addressed by the one of the N master processors. The slave bus decoder is controlled by the system bus controller. In another embodiment of the present invention, the system bus controller includes an arbiter, a mapping circuit, and a switching circuit. The arbiter arbitrates access requests from N master processors via N master buses and generates arbitration signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Sheng Hung Wang, Simon S. Kim
  • Patent number: 6691193
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a slave interface circuit includes a slave access circuit and a slave bus decoder. The slave access circuit provides access to the one of P slave devices from one of N master processors via a system bus controller and K slave buses. The K slave buses are configured to couple to the P slave devices. The system bus controller dynamically maps address spaces of the P slave devices. The slave bus decoder enables the one of the P slave devices to connect to one of the K slave buses when the one of the P slave devices is addressed by the one of the N master processors. The slave bus decoder is controlled by the system bus controller. In another embodiment of the present invention, the system bus controller includes an arbiter, a mapping circuit, and a switching circuit. The arbiter arbitrates access requests from N master processors via N master buses and generates arbitration signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sheng Hung Wang, Simon S. Kim
  • Patent number: 6496078
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, an oscillator activator includes a trigger circuit, a controller, and a stability generator. The trigger circuit generates a trigger signal based on a reset signal. The controller controls generation of an oscillator signal from a main oscillator based on the reset signal. The stability generator generates a stability indicator signal in response to the trigger signal. The stability indicator signal indicates a stable condition of the main oscillator corresponding to a start-up time of the main oscillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sheng Hung Wang, Simon S. Kim