Patents by Inventor Vincent Sheard

Vincent Sheard 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).

  • System and method for generating cross-core breakpoints in a multi-core microcontroller
    Patent number: 10102050
    Abstract: In a debugging method for an integrated circuit device which has multiple processing cores, a debugging breakpoint is activated at a first processor core in the integrated circuit device. Upon activation, the debugging breakpoint stops execution of instructions in the first processor core and the debugging breakpoint is communicated to a second processor core in the integrated circuit device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Bryan Kris, Mike Catherwood, Dave Mickey, Brian Fall, Calum Wilkie, Vincent Sheard, Alex Dumais
  • Low-pin microcontroller device with multiple independent microcontrollers
    Patent number: 10002103
    Abstract: A microcontroller device has a housing with a plurality of external pins a first microcontroller with a first central processing unit (CPU), a first system bus coupled with the first CPU, first memory coupled with the first system bus, and a first plurality of peripheral devices coupled with the first system bus, and a second microcontroller with a second central processing unit (CPU), a second system bus coupled with the second CPU, second memory coupled with the second system bus, and a second plurality of peripheral devices coupled with the second system bus, wherein first and second microcontroller communicate only via a dedicated interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Bryan Kris, Igor Wojewoda, Alex Dumais, Mike Catherwood, Brian Fall, Jason Tollefson, Calum Wilke, Dave Mickey, Thomas Spohrer, Jim Pepping, Vincent Sheard
  • Low-Pin Microcontroller Device With Multiple Independent Microcontrollers
    Publication number: 20160267047
    Abstract: A microcontroller device has a housing with a plurality of external pins a first microcontroller with a first central processing unit (CPU), a first system bus coupled with the first CPU, first memory coupled with the first system bus, and a first plurality of peripheral devices coupled with the first system bus, and a second microcontroller with a second central processing unit (CPU), a second system bus coupled with the second CPU, second memory coupled with the second system bus, and a second plurality of peripheral devices coupled with the second system bus, wherein first and second microcontroller communicate only via a dedicated interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Microchip Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Bryan Kris, Igor Wojewoda, Alex Dumais, Mike Catherwood, Brian Fall, Jason Tollefson, Calum Wilke, Dave Mickey, Thomas Spohrer, Jim Pepping, Vincent Sheard