Patents by Inventor Warren Trent Nordyke

Warren Trent Nordyke 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: 9330218
    Abstract: An integrated circuit such as a programmable integrated circuit may include input-output circuits each having respective memory controller circuitry. The memory controller circuitry of the input-output circuits may be electrically coupled via a backbone path and configured to collectively form a memory controller. Each memory controller circuitry may include a protocol control circuit and input-output lanes. Memory access requests from on-chip circuitry may be provided to only a selected input-output circuit. The protocol control circuit of the selected input-output circuit may receive the memory access requests and generate memory control signals and local control signals from the memory access requests. The memory control signals may be provided to external memory. The local control signals may be provided to input-output circuits over the backbone path and synchronize the input-output circuits in conveying data between the integrated circuit and the external memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Gordon Raymond Chiu, Sean Shau-Tu Lu, Warren Trent Nordyke, Bonnie I. Wang, Weizhong Xu
  • Patent number: 9048843
    Abstract: A frequency divider circuit includes an adder circuit, multiplexer circuits, and a phase interpolator circuit. The adder circuit generates a summed value. The multiplexer circuits receive first periodic signals and generate second periodic signals by selecting among the first periodic signals based on the summed value. The phase interpolator circuit generates a third periodic signal using a weighted average of the second periodic signals that is determined based on the summed value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventor: Warren Trent Nordyke