Patents by Inventor Wanda D. Gay

Wanda D. Gay 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).

  • Multiple-memory application-specific digital signal processor
    Patent number: 9111068
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device is provided comprising a circuit board and one or more digital signal processors implemented thereon. The digital signal processor comprises a data unit comprising a function core configured to perform a specific mathematical expression in order to perform at least a portion of a specific application and an instruction memory storing one or more instructions configured to send commands to the control unit and the data unit to perform the specific application, and a control unit configured to control the flow of data between a plurality of memory banks and the function core for performing the specific application, and the plurality of memory banks coupled to each of the one or more digital signal processors and comprising at least two or more local memory banks integrated onto the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: HOWARD UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Clay S. Gloster, Wanda D. Gay, Michaela E. Amoo
  • MULTIPLE-MEMORY APPLICATION-SPECIFIC DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR
    Publication number: 20110167225
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device is provided comprising a circuit board and one or more digital signal processors implemented thereon. The digital signal processor comprises a data unit comprising a function core configured to perform a specific mathematical expression in order to perform at least a portion of a specific application and an instruction memory storing one or more instructions configured to send commands to the control unit and the data unit to perform the specific application, and a control unit configured to control the flow of data between a plurality of memory banks and the function core for performing the specific application, and the plurality of memory banks coupled to each of the one or more digital signal processors and comprising at least two or more local memory banks integrated onto the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: HOWARD UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Clay S. Gloster, Wanda D. Gay, Michaela E. Amoo