Patents by Inventor Sonya Gary

Sonya Gary 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).

  • Shared peripheral architecture
    Patent number: 6915367
    Abstract: A disk drive controller including a plurality of processors and a plurality of shared peripheral units. A shared bus couples the peripheral units and the processors. A bi-directional multiplexor selectably couples each of the plurality of processors to the shared bus in response to an owner signal. A set of peripheral-share registers where a first member of the set includes an entry associated with each of the plurality of peripheral units and holds a state value indicating which of the plurality of processors currently owns the associated peripheral unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Sonya Gary, Karen Tyger
  • Shared peripheral architecture
    Publication number: 20040088459
    Abstract: A disk drive controller including a plurality of processors and a plurality of shared peripheral units. A shared bus couples the peripheral units and the processors. A bi-directional multiplexor selectably couples each of the plurality of processors to the shared bus in response to an owner signal. A set of peripheral-share registers where a first member of the set includes an entry associated with each of the plurality of peripheral units and holds a state value indicating which of the plurality of processors currently owns the associated peripheral unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Sonya Gary, Karen Tyger
  • Shared peripheral architecture
    Patent number: 6662253
    Abstract: A disk drive controller including a plurality of processors and a plurality of shared peripheral units. A shared bus couples the peripheral units and the processors. A bi-directional multiplexor selectably couples each of the plurality of processors to the shared bus in response to an owner signal. A set of peripheral-share registers where a first member of the set includes an entry associated with each of the plurality of peripheral units and holds a state value indicating which of the plurality of processors currently owns the associated peripheral unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Sonya Gary, Karen Tyger