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Inventor

Thomas B. Brightman

Inventor
Plano, TX, US

Overview

11→
Patents
1991–2010
Patent span
Physics
Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 11 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G06Fprimary
G06FElectric digital data processing73%
H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication18%
G10HElectrophonic musical instruments9%
PatentTitleYear
7,647,472'High speed and high throughput digital communications processor with efficient cooperation between programmable processing components'2010RE039385'Method and apparatus for performing mathematical functions using polynomial approximation and a rectangular aspect ratio multiplier'20067,100,020'Digital communications processor'20066,442,635'Processor architecture for virtualizing selective external bus transactions'20025,956,680'Virtual audio generation and capture in a computer'19995,838,987'Processor for eliminating external isochronous subsystems'19985,724,549'Cache coherency without bus master arbitration signals'19985,420,989'Coprocessor interface supporting I/O or memory mapped communications'19955,159,566'Method and apparatus for performing the square root function using a rectangular aspect ratio multiplier'19925,060,182'Method and apparatus for performing the square root function using a rectangular aspect ratio multiplier'19915,042,001'Method and apparatus for performing mathematical functions using polynomial approximation and a rectangular aspect ratio multiplier'1991

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1991–1998Patents assigned to CYRIX CORP (5)· patent assignee history
1991–1995Based in Plano, TX, US· patent location history
1998–1999Patents assigned to NAT SEMICONDUCTOR CORP (2)· patent assignee history
1998–2002Based in Dallas, TX, US· patent location history
1998–2006Based in Niwot, CO, US· patent location history
2002–2006Patents assigned to VIA CYRIX INC (2)· patent assignee history
2006–2010Patents assigned to FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC (2)· patent assignee history
2006–2010Based in North Hampton, NH, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees
AssigneePatentsSpan
CYRIX CORP51991–1998
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC22006–2010
NAT SEMICONDUCTOR CORP21998–1999
VIA CYRIX INC22002–2006
Locations
LocationPatentsSpan
Plano, Texas, US41991–1995
Dallas, Texas, US31998–2002
North Hampton, NH, US22006–2010
Niwot, CO, US21998–2006