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Thomas A. Kean
Also filed as: KEAN THOMAS A
24 granted patents·5 pending applications·2,970 citations·filing 1990–2011
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29 records- 0199US5705938AProgrammable switch for FPGA input/output signalsXILINX INC·Filed 1995·Granted Jan 6, 1998·285 cites·6 claims
- 0299US5469003AHierarchically connectable configurable cellular arrayXILINX INC·Filed 1993·Granted Nov 21, 1995·447 cites·28 claims
- 0398USRE37195EProgrammable switch for FPGA input/output signalsXILINX INC·Filed 2000·Granted May 29, 2001·158 cites·59 claims
- 0498US5831448AFunction unit for fine-gained FPGAXILINX INC·Filed 1996·Granted Nov 3, 1998·139 cites·1 claims
- 0598US5737235AFPGA with parallel and serial user interfacesXILINX INC·Filed 1995·Granted Apr 7, 1998·321 cites·10 claims
- 0698US5552722AMask registor for a configurable cellular arrayXILINX INC·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 3, 1996·138 cites·6 claims
- 0798US5491353AConfigurable cellular arrayXILINX INC·Filed 1995·Granted Feb 13, 1996·191 cites·9 claims
- 0898US5243238AConfigurable cellular arrayALGOTRONIX LTD·Filed 1990·Granted Sep 7, 1993·208 cites·20 claims
- 0997US5861761AHierarchically connectable configurable cellular arrayXILINX INC·Filed 1996·Granted Jan 19, 1999·125 cites·27 claims
- 1097US5801547AEmbedded memory for field programmable gate arrayXILINX INC·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 1, 1998·183 cites·17 claims
- 1195US7203842B2Method and apparatus for secure configuration of a field programmable gate arrayALGOTRONIX LTD·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 10, 2007·140 cites·95 claims
- 1295US6292018B1Configurable cellular arrayXILINX INC·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 18, 2001·73 cites·4 claims
- 1395US5600597ARegister protection structure for FPGAXILINX INC·Filed 1995·Granted Feb 4, 1997·140 cites·4 claims
- 1494US5670897AHigh speed mask register for a configurable cellular arrayXILINX INC·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 23, 1997·61 cites·3 claims
- 1593US5701091ARouting resources for hierarchical FPGAXILINX INC·Filed 1995·Granted Dec 23, 1997·92 cites·2 claims
- 1693US5528176ARegister with duplicate decoders for configurable cellular arrayXILINX INC·Filed 1995·Granted Jun 18, 1996·56 cites·1 claims
- 1793US5500609AWildcard addressing structure for configurable cellular arrayXILINX INC·Filed 1995·Granted Mar 19, 1996·53 cites·2 claims
- 1889US5909125AFPGA using RAM control signal lines as routing or logic resources after configurationXILINX INC·Filed 1996·Granted Jun 1, 1999·62 cites·19 claims
- 1986US7240218B2Method of using a mask programmed key to securely configure a field programmable gate arrayALGOTRONIX LTD·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 3, 2007·47 cites·6 claims
- 2083US5798656AMatch register with duplicate decodersXILINX INC·Filed 1996·Granted Aug 25, 1998·24 cites·6 claims
- 2177US8063739B2Method of actively tagging electronic designs and intellectual property coresKEAN THOMAS A·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 22, 2011·8 cites·4 claims
- 2255US5612633ACircuit for simultaneously inputting and outputting signals on a single wireXILINX INC·Filed 1995·Granted Mar 18, 1997·10 cites·22 claims
- 2354US6304103B1FPGA using RAM control signal lines as routing or logic resources after configurationXILINX INC·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 16, 2001·5 cites·1 claims
- 2449US2008270805A1Method for Protecting Intellectual Property Cores on Field Programmable Gate ArrayKEAN THOMAS A·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 2546US2011210829A1Method of Actively Tagging Electronic Designs and Intellectual Property CoresALGOTRONIX LTD·Filed 2011·Application pending·0 cites
- 2645US2008136641A1Thermal Active Tag for Electronic Designs and Intellectual Property CoresALGOTRONIX LTD·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 2744US2002199110A1Method of protecting intellectual property cores on field programmable gate arrayALGOTRONIX LTD·Filed 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 2842US2007288765A1Method and Apparatus for Secure Configuration of a Field Programmable Gate ArrayKEAN THOMAS A·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 2939US6157211AFPGA using RAM control signal lines as routing or logic resources after configurationXILINX INC·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 5, 2000·4 cites·6 claims
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