Patents by Inventor Tim L. Wilson

Tim L. Wilson 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).

  • Method for CAN concatenating CAN data payloads
    Patent number: 8650341
    Abstract: A controller area network (CAN) controller unit has a message assembly buffer receiving a serial bitstream, a buffer memory coupled in parallel with said message assembly buffer, a CAN control unit coupled with the message assembly and the buffer memory, and at least one control register. The at least one control register can be programmed to cause the CAN control unit to store a message received in the message assembly register in at least a first and second mode, wherein in the first mode, control information and data payload of the received CAN message are stored in the buffer memory and in the second mode only the data payload of the CAN message is stored in the buffer memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Microchip Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven G. Dawson, Tim L. Wilson, Joseph W. Triece
  • Microcontroller with CAN module
    Patent number: 8650356
    Abstract: A microcontroller has a random access memory, and a Controller Area Network (CAN) controller with a control unit receiving an assembled CAN message. The control unit generates a buffer descriptor table entry using the assembled CAN message and stores the buffer descriptor table entry in the random access memory, and the buffer descriptor table entry has at least a message identifier and load data from the CAN message and information of a following buffer descriptor table entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Microchip Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Tim L. Wilson, Joseph W. Triece, Steven G. Dawson
  • Method for CAN Concatenating CAN Data Payloads
    Publication number: 20110007759
    Abstract: A controller area network (CAN) controller unit has a message assembly buffer receiving a serial bitstream, a buffer memory coupled in parallel with said message assembly buffer, a CAN control unit coupled with the message assembly and the buffer memory, and at least one control register. The at least one control register can be programmed to cause the CAN control unit to store a message received in the message assembly register in at least a first and second mode, wherein in the first mode, control information and data payload of the received CAN message are stored in the buffer memory and in the second mode only the data payload of the CAN message is stored in the buffer memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Steven G. Dawson, Tim L. Wilson, Joseph W. Triece
  • Microcontroller with CAN Module
    Publication number: 20100306457
    Abstract: A microcontroller has a random access memory, and a Controller Area Network (CAN) controller with a control unit receiving an assembled CAN message. The control unit generates a buffer descriptor table entry using the assembled CAN message and stores the buffer descriptor table entry in the random access memory, and the buffer descriptor table entry has at least a message identifier and load data from the CAN message and information of a following buffer descriptor table entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Tim L. Wilson, Joseph W. Triece, Steven G. Dawson