Patents by Inventor Steve Colquhoun

Steve Colquhoun 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).

  • Communication channel
    Patent number: 6667993
    Abstract: A digital system (100) has two or more nodes (120, 130) and a communication channel (110, 111) for transferring a single stream of ordered data from one node to another. The communication channel (110) has a number of data links (110a-110g) for transferring a plurality of sub-streams of data in a parallel fashion in order to transfer more data than a single data link is capable of transferring. Receivers (132a-132g) each have synchronizing circuitry (200, 202) for synchronizing a byte clock and a frame pulse of each received data sub-stream to the byte clock and frame pulse of a preselected master one of the receivers such that inherent data skew is eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark Lippett, Marco Collivignarelli, Steve Colquhoun