Patents by Inventor Steven Michael Baker

Steven Michael Baker 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).

  • Implementation of a fusing scheme to allow internal voltage trimming
    Patent number: 7539075
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for adjusting trim settings for internally generated voltages of an integrated circuit device are provided. In one embodiment the apparatus receives a target digital value for an internally generated voltage, and compares the target digital value to a current digital value for the internally generated voltage. If the comparison indicates that a difference between the target digital value and the current digital value is greater than an allowable threshold, a trim setting used to trim the internally generated voltage is adjusted based on the difference. The trim setting may be adjusted until the difference between the target digital value and the current digital value is less than or equal to the allowable threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Jennifer Faye Huckaby, George William Alexander, Steven Michael Baker, David SuitWai Ma
  • Implementation of a fusing scheme to allow internal voltage trimming
    Patent number: 7277350
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for adjusting trim settings for internally generated voltages of an integrated circuit device are provided. In one embodiment the apparatus receives a target digital value for an internally generated voltage, and compares the target digital value to a current digital value for the internally generated voltage. If the comparison indicates that a difference between the target digital value and the current digital value is greater than an allowable threshold, a trim setting used to trim the internally generated voltage is adjusted based on the difference. The trim setting may be adjusted until the difference between the target digital value and the current digital value is less than or equal to the allowable threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Jennifer Faye Huckaby, George William Alexander, Steven Michael Baker, David SuitWai Ma
  • Implementation of a temperature sensor to control internal chip voltages
    Patent number: 6809978
    Abstract: A method of regulating a voltage of an internal voltage generator of an integrated circuit that includes sensing a temperature of an integrated circuit, comparing the sensed temperature with a voltage of a network of the integrated circuit and regulating a voltage of an internal voltage generator of the integrated circuit based on the comparing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: George William Alexander, Steven Michael Baker
  • Implementation of a temperature sensor to control internal chip voltages
    Publication number: 20030210598
    Abstract: A method of regulating a voltage of an internal voltage generator of an integrated circuit that includes sensing a temperature of an integrated circuit, comparing the sensed temperature with a voltage of a network of the integrated circuit and regulating a voltage of an internal voltage generator of the integrated circuit based on the comparing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventors: George William Alexander, Steven Michael Baker