Patents by Inventor Wendey E. Mueller

Wendey E. Mueller 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: 5594366
    Abstract: A programmable logic device having a plurality of logic cells arranged in groups defining separate logic regions, both regional and multi-regional bus lines, and a crosspoint switch matrix which serves only to route signals from bus lines to inputs of the logic cells without logically combining two or more of the bus signals, i.e. without forming product terms. Rather, all logic is carried out by the logic cells themselves. In particular, the switch matrix is constructed so that each bus line can connect to one or more logic cell inputs, but each logic cell input can meaningfully connect to only one bus line without shorting. In one embodiment, each logic cell feeds one logic signal back to a regional bus line and can potentially feed back another logic signal through its region's universal select matrix to a universal bus line. The select matrix connects a subset of the region's potential feedback signals to the universal bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1997
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: James C. K. Khong, Wendey E. Mueller, Joe Yu, Neal Berger, Keith H. Gudger, Geoffrey S. Gongwer