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SMITH BRIAN L

US42 patents
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SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC

26 patents
US6965648B1Nov 15, 2005

Source synchronous link integrity validation

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC418 citations98
US6505317B1Jan 7, 2003

System and method for testing signal interconnections using built-in self test

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC91 citations96
US7139308B2Nov 21, 2006

Source synchronous bus repeater

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC22 citations92
US6944692B2Sep 13, 2005

Automated calibration of I/O over a multi-variable eye window

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC24 citations92
US6681337B1Jan 20, 2004

Method and apparatus for loading data from an address specified by an address register into a different register wherein the registers are clocked in different time domains

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC25 citations92
US6668346B1Dec 23, 2003

Digital process monitor

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC39 citations92
US6584584B1Jun 24, 2003

Method and apparatus for detecting errors in a First-In-First-Out buffer

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC26 citations92
US6772369B2Aug 3, 2004

System observation bus

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC21 citations89
US7280589B2Oct 9, 2007

Source synchronous I/O bus retimer

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC14 citations84
US6601217B1Jul 29, 2003

System and method for error correction in an electronic communication

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC16 citations84
US6571306B1May 27, 2003

Bus request mechanism for bus master which is parked on a shared bus

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC17 citations84
US6880118B2Apr 12, 2005

System and method for testing operational transmissions of an integrated circuit

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC16 citations80
US7162670B2Jan 9, 2007

IBIST interconnect and bridge fault detection scheme

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC8 citations74
US7051252B2May 23, 2006

Ibist identification loopback scheme

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC7 citations73
US6826643B2Nov 30, 2004

Method of synchronizing arbiters within a hierarchical computer system

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC7 citations72
US7409722B2Aug 5, 2008

Control status register access to enable domain reconfiguration

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC5 citations63
US7155647B2Dec 26, 2006

Scan of chip state from a hierarchical design

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC6 citations63
US6681366B1Jan 20, 2004

System and method for detecting errors in a system where clients arbitrate amongst themselves for a grant to a central resource

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC2 citations63
US6507934B1Jan 14, 2003

Apparatus and method for source synchronous link testing of an integrated circuit

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC5 citations63
US7296104B2Nov 13, 2007

Automated calibration of I/O over a multi-variable eye window

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC3 citations62
US6901056B1May 31, 2005

System and method for time multiplexing of multi-domain transactions

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC2 citations61
US6889343B2May 3, 2005

Method and apparatus for verifying consistency between a first address repeater and a second address repeater

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC2 citations61
US6735654B2May 11, 2004

Method and apparatus for efficiently broadcasting transactions between an address repeater and a client

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC3 citations61
US7278077B1Oct 2, 2007

IBIST test for synchronous lines at multiple frequencies

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC0 citations52
US7020146B2Mar 28, 2006

Broadcast arbitration in a multi-domain device

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC3 citations51
US6877055B2Apr 5, 2005

Method and apparatus for efficiently broadcasting transactions between a first address repeater and a second address repeater

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC0 citations51

IBM

4 patents

FARRELL MARK S

3 patents

BRUCE MITCHELL V

2 patents

NVIDIA CORP

2 patents

ECO BLOCK LLC

1 patent

APPLE COMPUTER

1 patent

EBERLE JOSEPH COLE

1 patent

PPG IND OHIO INC

1 patent

NAT CONVEYORS COMPANY INC

1 patent