Patents by Inventor Vi Tran

Vi Tran 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).

  • Delay locked loop circuitry for clock delay adjustment
    Patent number: 6539072
    Abstract: Delay locked loop circuitry for generating a predetermined phase relationship between a pair of clocks. A first delay-locked loop includes a delay elements arranged in a chain, the chain receiving an input clock and generating, from each delay element, a set of phase vectors, each shifted a unit delay from the adjacent vector. The first delay-locked loop adjusts the unit delays in the delay chain using a delay adjustment signal so that the phase vectors span a predetermined phase shift of the input clock. A second delay-locked loop selects, from the first delay-locked loop, a pair of phase vectors which brackets the phase of an input clock. A phase interpolator receives the selected pair of vectors and generates an output clock and a delayed output clock, the amount of the delay being controlled by the delay adjustment signal of the first delay-locked loop circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Rambus, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin S. Donnelly, Pak Shing Chau, Mark A. Horowitz, Thomas H. Lee, Mark G. Johnson, Benedict C. Lau, Leung Yu, Bruno W. Garlepp, Yiu-Fai Chan, Jun Kim, Chanh Vi Tran, Donald C. Stark, Nhat M. Nguyen
  • Delay-locked loop circuitry for clock delay adjustment
    Patent number: 6125157
    Abstract: Delay-locked loop circuitry for generating a predetermined phase relationship between a pair of clocks. A first delay-locked loop includes a set of delay-producing elements arranged in a chain, the chain receiving an input clock and generating, from each delay element, a set of phase vectors, each shifted a unit delay from the adjacent vector. The first delay-locked loop adjusts the unit delays in the delay chain using a delay adjustment signal so that the phase vectors span a predetermined phase shift of the input clock. A second delay-locked loop selects, from the first delay-locked loop, a pair of phase vectors which brackets the phase of an input clock. A phase interpolator receives the selected pair of vectors and generates an output clock and a delayed output clock, the amount of the delay being controlled by the delay adjustment signal of the first delay-locked loop circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Rambus, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin S. Donnelly, Pak Shing Chau, Mark A. Horowitz, Thomas H. Lee, Mark G. Johnson, Benedict C. Lau, Leung Yu, Bruno W. Garlepp, Yiu-Fai Chan, Jun Kim, Chanh Vi Tran, Donald C. Stark