Patents by Inventor William Kolofa

William Kolofa 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).

  • Method and apparatus for transferring data between electrical components
    Patent number: 6408340
    Abstract: A method of transferring data between a first electrical component (16) and a second electrical component (18), which are both coupled to a common oscillator (62) that oscillates at a first frequency, the first electrical component (16) generating a first bit stream having a second frequency that is a fraction of the first frequency and having a first number of bits, generating an indicator signal having a third frequency that is a fraction of the first frequency and that is indicative of a type of data represented by the first bit stream, and coupling the first bit stream and the indicator signal to the second electrical component. The second electrical component (18) sampling the first bit stream and the indicator signal at a fourth frequency that is substantially identical to the second frequency, thereby recovering the first bit stream generated by the first electrical component (16) and determining the type of data contained in the first bit stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Janssen, William T. Waldie, Steven J. Olsen, William Kolofa