Patents by Inventor Tim Landreth

Tim Landreth 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).

  • High performance, variable data width FIFO buffer
    Patent number: 6681273
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for transferring data words from a source to a destination. The apparatus includes a datapath buffer coupled by a first data bus to the source and coupled by a second data bus to the destination, write control logic for writing a first number of data words in the datapath buffer in response to a first source transfer condition and for writing a second number of data words in the datapath buffer in response to a second source transfer condition, and read control logic for reading the first number of data words from the datapath buffer in response to a first destination transfer condition and for reading the second number of data words from the datapath buffer in response to a second destination transfer condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Allen, Tim Landreth, Ryo Inoue, Ravi Pratap Singh