Patents by Inventor Trenton John Grale

Trenton John Grale 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: 7190197
    Abstract: Clock signal control circuitry including a selector for selecting between a first clock signal and an inverse of the first clock signal and a phase detector for determining a phase relationship between the first clock signal and the second clock signal and in response causing the selector to select between the first clock signal and the inverse of the first clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhong You, Trenton John Grale
  • Patent number: 6920470
    Abstract: A low power programmable digital filter integrated circuit architecture has a programmable front end servicing up to 4 digital sources. Changing the programming of the front end permits digital outputs from different sensor types to be accommodated. Digital filtering is accomplished using a digital signal processor that is programmable to accommodate different decimation ratios. A serial data output register receives the filtered digital signals and provides them to an output port. The digital filter integrated circuit may be connected in a token passing configuration with other digital filter integrated circuits to increase the number of sources accommodated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Page, Trenton John Grale, Zhuan Ye, Erng Sing Wee, Sumant Sathe, Sijiam Chen
  • Patent number: 6667704
    Abstract: A data converter includes first and second input signal paths receiving an input signal having an input frequency, the first input signal path dividing the input frequency by a first divisor and the second input signal path dividing the input frequency by a second divisor, the second divisor being greater than the first divisor. A selector selects between an output of the first input signal path and an output from the second input signal path in response to a state of a control signal. Control circuitry monitors a selector output signal frequency and a current state of the control signal and selectively resets the state of the control signal to set the selector output frequency to a desired frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Trenton John Grale, Jason Powell Rhode, Karl Thompson
  • Publication number: 20020129073
    Abstract: A low power programmable digital filter integrated circuit architecture has a programmable front end servicing up to 4 digital sources. Changing the programming of the front end permits digital outputs from different sensor types to be accommodated. Digital filtering is accomplished using a digital signal processor that is programmable to accommodate different decimation ratios. A serial data output register receives the filtered digital signals and provides them to an output port. The digital filter integrated circuit may be connected in a token passing configuration with other digital filter integrated circuits to increase the number of sources accommodated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Joel Page, Trenton John Grale, Zhuan Ye, Erng Sing Wee, Sumant Sathe, Sijiam Chen
  • Publication number: 20020126029
    Abstract: A low power programmable digital filter integrated circuit has a test modulator which is programmable using selectable programs for implementing respective delta sigma algorithms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Trenton John Grale, Sijian Chen
  • Patent number: 6434213
    Abstract: A low power, low area shift register permits control over delay by dividing the shift register cells into a plurality of segments that are serially connected. A first selector provides data from a shift register input selectively to an input of one of the segments. A second selector provides data from an input or output of a selected cell of one segment of shift register cells to a shift register output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventor: Trenton John Grale