Patents by Inventor Thomas Kitchens

Thomas Kitchens 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).

  • Interface circuit for a media access controller and an optical line termination transceiver module
    Publication number: 20060274875
    Abstract: A communication system includes an interface that allows a media access controller (MAC) and an optical line termination transceiver module (TM), which have incompatible interfaces, to be connected together. The interface ensures that a clock signal and a start of frame signal have the phase relationship required by the TM, and the timing of the start of frame signal remains consistent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: Jerry Vereen, Thomas Kitchens, Jose Betancourt
  • Interface circuit that interconnects a media access controller and an optical line termination transceiver module
    Publication number: 20060179339
    Abstract: A communication system includes an interface that allows a media access controller (MAC) and an optical line termination transceiver module (TM), which have incompatible interfaces, to be connected together. The interface detects a phase relationship required by the TM, and feeds the information back to a processor and memory which places a value into the MAC to adjust the phase relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Jerry Vereen, Thomas Kitchens, Jose Betancourt