Patents by Inventor Yachin Afek

Yachin Afek 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: 5590357
    Abstract: An integrated data processing system includes a shared internal bus for transferring both instructions and data. A shared bus interface unit is connected to the shared internal bus and connectable via a shared external bus to a shared external memory array such that instructions and data held in the shared external memory array are transferrable to the shared internal bus via the shared bus interface unit. A general purpose (GP) central processing unit (CPU) is connected to the shared internal bus for retrieving GP instructions. The OP CPU includes an execution unit for executing GP instructions to process data retrieved by the GP CPU from the shared internal bus. A digital signal processor (DSP) module connected to the shared internal bus, the DSP module includes a signal processor for processing an externally-provided digital signal received by the DSP module by executing DSP command-list instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Amos Intrater, Andy Birenbaum, Gideon Intrater, Iddo Carmon, Ilan Shimony, Itael Fraenkel, Lev Epstein, Lior Katzri, Omri Viner, Raya Levitan, Ronny Cohen, Sidi Yomtov, Yehezkel Tzadik, Zvi Greenfeld, Israel Greiss, Oved Oz, Yachin Afek, Meir Tsadik, Moshe Doron, Alberto Sandbank
  • Patent number: 5514999
    Abstract: A differential switched capacitor circuit (6) for sampling a differential input signal (IP, IM) in different sampling phases (PHI0, PHI1) and for correcting errors at an output thereof, comprises:m switched capacitor stages (8-16) coupled in a chain, a first stage (8) being coupled to the output of the circuit, each of the m switched capacitor stages (8-16) being coupled to an adjacent stage in the chain depending on the sampling phase such that a charge representative of the error is equally shared between adjacent stages in the chain and wherein the mth stage (16) is selectively coupled to an end node so as to cancel the charge thereon, whereby after a number of sampling phases the error at the output is substantially reduced by a factor of up to 1/m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Vladimir Koifman, Yachin Afek
  • Patent number: 5491828
    Abstract: An integrated data processing system includes a shared internal bus for transferring both instructions and data. A shared bus interface unit is connected to the shared internal bus and connectable via a shared external bus to a shared external memory array such that instructions and data held in the shared external memory array are transferrable to the shared internal bus via the shared bus interface unit. A general purpose (GP) central processing unit (CPU) is connected to the shared internal bus for retrieving GP instructions. The GP CPU includes an execution unit for executing GP instructions to process data retrieved by the GP CPU from the shared internal bus. A digital signal processor (DSP) module connected to the shared internal bus, the DSP module includes a signal processor for processing an externally-provided digital signal received by the DSP module by executing DSP command-list instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Gideon Intrater, Oved Oz, Yachin Afek
  • Patent number: 5477189
    Abstract: An operational amplifier (2) comprises a first differential stage (3) for receiving first (IP) and second (IM) input signals and for providing first (OP) and second (OM) output signals at first and second output nodes, and second (4) and third (6) differential stages, which are each coupled to receive the first (IP) and second (IM) input signals and to the first and second output nodes to provide first and second additional signals thereto. Each stage comprises two transistors (22, 24 and 32, 34) differentially connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Vladimir Koifman, Yachin Afek
  • Patent number: 4659948
    Abstract: A single plane programmable logic array (PLA) using dynamic CMOS logic has switching transistors located at specific locations within a row-column matrix. The transistors within a column are series connected and have their gates common connected in rows. PMOS and NMOS control transistors conduct exclusively to connect output and input ends of the columns respectively to logic 1 or logic 0 in successive phases of a common clock. Control inputs are applied to specific rows. By applying data inputs to column input ends and interconnecting all the column output ends, the PLA is configured to function as a multiplexer. By setting the input end of columns to logic 0 and selectively interconnecting output ends of the columns, the PLA is configured to perform other combinational logic functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1987
    Assignee: Northern Telecom Limited
    Inventors: Stephen K. Sunter, Yachin Afek