Patents by Inventor Stephen Tell

Stephen Tell 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: 7802212
    Abstract: Described are a system and method to control interface timing and/or voltage operations of signals transmitted between devices. A processor may be coupled through one or more bus interfaces of a bus to one or more corresponding interface timing and/or voltage comparison circuits and corresponding interface timing and/or voltage adjustment circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Rambus Inc.
    Inventors: Scott C. Best, Stephen Tell, John W. Poulton
  • Publication number: 20070174586
    Abstract: Described are a system and method to control interface timing and/or voltage operations of signals transmitted between devices. A processor may be coupled through one or more bus interfaces of a bus to one or more corresponding interface timing and/or voltage comparison circuits and corresponding interface timing and/or voltage adjustment circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Applicant: Rambus, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Tell
  • Publication number: 20060236147
    Abstract: Described are a system and method to control interface timing and/or voltage operations of signals transmitted between devices. A processor may be coupled through one or more bus interfaces of a bus to one or more corresponding interface timing and/or voltage comparison circuits and corresponding interface timing and/or voltage adjustment circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Scott Best, Stephen Tell, John Poulton
  • Publication number: 20060140321
    Abstract: A processor-controlled clock-data recovery (CDR) system. Phase error signals having either a first state or a second state are generated within the CDR system according to whether a first clock signal leads or lags transitions of a data signal. A difference value is generated based on the phase error signals, the difference value indicating a difference between the number of the phase error signals having the first state and a number of the phase error signals having the second state. The difference value is transferred to a processor which is programmed to determine whether the difference value exceeds a first threshold and, if so, to adjust the phase of the first clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Stephen Tell, Thomas Greer
  • Publication number: 20060133466
    Abstract: A pleisiochronous repeater system and components thereof are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, a pleisiochronous repeater system component may be realized as a receiver circuit comprising a clock multiplier that multiplies a reference clock signal by an integer multiple to generate a data clock signal. The receiver circuit may also comprise a divider circuit that generates a timing reference signal having a frequency that is not an integer divisor of a frequency of the reference clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Robert Palmer, Thomas Greer, Stephen Tell