Patents by Inventor Thomas Michael Richards

Thomas Michael Richards 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).

  • Tolerant in-system programming of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs)
    Patent number: 8225153
    Abstract: Fault tolerant programming of a programmable device advantageously occurs via a host controller that first queries the programmable device through a Boundary scan interface to identify the device. Thereafter, host controller selects a program file in accordance with the device identity for subsequent downloading via the Boundary scan interface to program the device. Thereafter, the host controller verifies that successful programming has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: GVBB Holdings S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Randall G. Redondo, Thomas Michael Richards
  • Tolerant in-system programming of field programmable gate arrays (fpgas)
    Publication number: 20100281318
    Abstract: Fault tolerant programming of a programmable device advantageously occurs via a host controller that first queries the programmable device through a Boundary scan interface to identify the device. Thereafter, host controller selects a program file in accordance with the device identity for subsequent downloading via the Boundary scan interface to program the device. Thereafter, the host controller verifies that successful programming has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Randall G. Redondo, Thomas Michael Richards