Inventor
THOMSEN JOSEPH A
US21 patents
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VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC
12 patentsUS5404460AApr 4, 1995
Method for configuring multiple identical serial I/O devices to unique addresses through a serial bus
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC348 citations99
US5475854ADec 12, 1995
Serial bus I/O system and method for serializing interrupt requests and DMA requests in a computer system
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC133 citations95
US5278956AJan 11, 1994
Variable sized FIFO memory and programmable trigger level therefor for use in a UART or the like
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC78 citations94
US5233617AAug 3, 1993
Asynchronous latch circuit and register
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC41 citations91
US5634069AMay 27, 1997
Encoding assertion and de-assertion of interrupt requests and DMA requests in a serial bus I/O system
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC35 citations90
US5410550AApr 25, 1995
Asynchronous latch circuit and register
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC16 citations81
US5493242AFeb 20, 1996
Status register with asynchronous read and reset and method for providing same
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC8 citations73
US5065042ANov 12, 1991
Self-configuring clock interface circuit
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC19 citations73
US5038059AAug 6, 1991
Status register with asynchronous set and reset signals
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC11 citations66
US5664213ASep 2, 1997
Input/output (I/O) holdoff mechanism for use in a system where I/O device inputs are fed through a latency introducing bus
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC6 citations62
US5596288AJan 21, 1997
Status register with asynchronous read and reset and method for providing same
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC2 citations62
US5465339ANov 7, 1995
Decoupled refresh on local and system busses in a PC/at or similar microprocessor environment
VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC1 citations45
MICROCHIP TECH INC
9 patentsUS6944739B2Sep 13, 2005
Register bank
MICROCHIP TECH INC15 citations83
US7375555B1May 20, 2008
Five volt tolerant integrated circuit signal pad with three volt assist
MICROCHIP TECH INC11 citations80
US5798915AAug 25, 1998
Progressive start-up charge pump and method therefor
MICROCHIP TECH INC7 citations73
US5742155AApr 21, 1998
Zero-current start-up circuit
MICROCHIP TECH INC14 citations73
US5991196ANov 23, 1999
Reprogrammable memory device with variable page size
MICROCHIP TECH INC14 citations68
US6349058B1Feb 19, 2002
Electronic circuit and method for storing configuration and calibration information in a non-volatile memory array
MICROCHIP TECH INC2 citations62
US6060955AMay 9, 2000
Voltage compensated oscillator and method therefor
MICROCHIP TECH INC5 citations62
US6563740B2May 13, 2003
Electronic circuit and method for testing and refreshing non-volatile memory
MICROCHIP TECH INC3 citations56
US6175267B1Jan 16, 2001
Current compensating bias generator and method therefor
MICROCHIP TECH INC5 citations55