Bradley D Staal

Title: Bradley D. Staal and FPGA Control over Ethernet.

Introduction

Bradley D. Staal is an inventor associated with Allen, Texas, and Raytheon Company. His patent work addresses a practical way to control a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) through Ethernet communications.

Latest Patents

Staal is credited with 1 patent: “System and Method for Address-Mapped Control of Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) via Ethernet.” The invention describes receiving Ethernet packets containing FPGA control or status information, extracting packet payloads and UDP metadata, and translating the packets into read or write messages for FPGA registers. The FPGA then performs the requested register operations.

Career Highlights

The patent reflects work at the intersection of networking and programmable hardware. By mapping Ethernet-based messages to FPGA register access, the system provides a method for communicating control and status information with the device.

Collaborations

Staal’s listed coworkers include Brandon H. Daugherty and Michael S. Mitchener. The patent is associated with Raytheon Company.

Conclusion

Bradley D. Staal’s patent documents an approach to address-mapped FPGA control over Ethernet, connecting network packet processing with register-level operations.