Patents by Inventor Tzungren Allen Tzeng

Tzungren Allen Tzeng 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).

  • Parallel greater than analysis method and apparatus
    Patent number: 6772187
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for determining if a first number is greater than or equal to a second number. By analyzing nibbles of a multi-bit number in parallel to determine for each nibble if the nibbles are unequal and if a first nibble is greater than a second nibble and thereafter logically determining which of the highest order nibbles, if any, are unequal to discover whether the first number is greater than the second number, or determining that all nibble pairs are equal and thus concluding that both numbers are equal. A digital logic circuit is preferably employed for such analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Ott, Choon Ping Chng, Tzungren Allen Tzeng