Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080209245 | Accounting for Microprocessor Resource Consumption - Techniques for accounting microprocessor resource consumption. The present invention provides an automatic method to timely determine the current microprocessor clock frequency. Information provided by timer facilities of the microprocessor is reused by sampling this information at constant intervals. Such direct derivation of the microprocessor clock frequency is a real-time method that also takes into consideration secondary effects. Examples for such secondary effects include clock frequency variations across chips due to manufacturing variations, any degradation due to performance loss by thermal, or other detrimental effects as well as any voltage changes. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the real-time microprocessor clock frequency determination is implemented as part of the microprocessor itself. No additional service processors or other external hardware facilities are needed in order to control the microprocessor clock frequency determination function. | 08-28-2008 |
20080250289 | Method for Performing a Logic Built-in-Self-Test in an Electronic Circuit - The present invention relates to a method for performing a logic built-in self-test (LBIST) on an electronic circuit with a plurality of logic circuits ( | 10-09-2008 |
20080270860 | Integrated Circuit for Writing and Reading Registers Distributed Across a Semiconductor Chip - An integrated circuit on a semiconductor chip with a plurality of registers distributed across the semiconductor chip. The registers are writeable and readable. The integrated circuit comprises a central control block. The integrated circuit comprises a plurality of circuit units. The circuit unit includes a functional portion with a local clock controller and one or more of the registers. The circuit unit includes a satellite portion. The central control block and the satellite portions are serially connected together and form a scan chain, wherein the scan chain is formed as a ring. | 10-30-2008 |
20080276022 | Method to Resolve Deadlock in a Bus Architecture Comprising Two Single-Envelope Buses Coupled Via a Bus Bridge and Running Asynchronously - A method to resolve a deadlock in a bus architecture comprising a first and a second single-envelope bus with at least one master and one slave each, where the first and second single-envelope buses are arranged on different sides of an asynchronous boundary and are coupled via a bus bridge, said method comprising the steps of:
| 11-06-2008 |
20090100283 | Method for switching between two redundant oscillator signals within an alignment element - A method for switching between two oscillator signals within an alignment element, wherein one of the two oscillator signals one is selected as a first master signal in order to provide an output stepping signal at an output of the alignment element. Said method comprises the steps of:
| 04-16-2009 |
20090113094 | System for performing a serial communication between a central control block and satellite components - The various embodiments described herein relate to a system for performing a serial communication between a central control block and a plurality of satellite components within a semiconductor chip. The system comprises at least one logical ring that serially connects the satellite components to the central control block. The system further comprises a centralized timer. The satellite components aid the system in obeying protocols and performing direct accesses to and/or from registers. The logical ring comprises at least one data channel that is provided for transmitting data packets and address packets. Single-envelope transactions are implemented. Errors of the satellite components associated with the single-envelope transactions are reported to the central control block as additional acknowledgement information. | 04-30-2009 |
20100182916 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING NETWORK WIRELESS COMMUNICATION RESOURCES - Embodiments are described that provide methods and radio networks that communicate data between a mobile communication device and a core network. The methods include using network coding to encode data, and communicating a subset of the encoded data between the mobile communication device and the core network through a dynamic relay station. | 07-22-2010 |