Patents by Inventor Thayl D. Zohner

Thayl D. Zohner 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: 8552780
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention discloses phase shifting a second clock signal by a phase increment with respect to a first clock signal, where the first clock signal and the second clock signal have the same periods. The first clock signal is sampled with the second clock signal, and the output of the sample indicates whether the sample of the first clock signal is at a logic one state or a logic zero state. A count of logic one samples is incremented if the sample of the first clock signal is at a logic one state. The process of phase shifting the second clock signal and sampling the first clock signal is repetitively performed to a maximum number of samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Tellabs Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Thayl D. Zohner, Douglas A. Chandler, Jae-Hu Kim
  • Publication number: 20130088270
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention discloses phase shifting a second clock signal by a phase increment with respect to a first clock signal, where the first clock signal and the second clock signal have the same periods. The first clock signal is sampled with the second clock signal, and the output of the sample indicates whether the sample of the first clock signal is at a logic one state or a logic zero state. A count of logic one samples is incremented if the sample of the first clock signal is at a logic one state. The process of phase shifting the second clock signal and sampling the first clock signal is repetitively performed to a maximum number of samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: TELLABS OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Thayl D. Zohner, Douglas A. Chandler, Jae-Hu Kim
  • Patent number: 7500066
    Abstract: A multiprocessing apparatus includes a memory and a plurality (M) of processors coupled to share the memory. Access to the memory is time-division multiplexed among the plurality of processors. In one embodiment, a selected processor retrieves M words of instruction forming K instructions during a given clock cycle. The selected processor executes M?K NOP instructions if K<M.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Tellabs Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Thayl D. Zohner, Lawrence D. Weizeorick, Keith M. Ellens