Inventor
COATES WILLIAM S
US19 patents
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SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC
13 patentsUS6600325B2Jul 29, 2003
Method and apparatus for probing an integrated circuit through capacitive coupling
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC80 citations98
US6694389B2Feb 17, 2004
Method and apparatus for data flow analysis
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC30 citations92
US7256628B2Aug 14, 2007
Speed-matching control method and circuit
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC12 citations84
US7369726B2May 6, 2008
Optical communication between face-to-face semiconductor chips
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC7 citations74
US6360288B1Mar 19, 2002
Method and modules for control of pipelines carrying data using pipelines carrying control signals
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC8 citations73
US6169422B1Jan 2, 2001
Apparatus and methods for high throughput self-timed domino circuits
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC14 citations73
US6085316AJul 4, 2000
Layered counterflow pipeline processor with anticipatory control
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC8 citations73
US5943491AAug 24, 1999
Control circuit of mutual exclusion elements
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC15 citations73
US7384804B2Jun 10, 2008
Method and apparatus for electronically aligning capacitively coupled mini-bars
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC2 citations63
US6741616B1May 25, 2004
Switch fabric for asynchronously transferring data within a circuit
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC5 citations62
US6065109AMay 16, 2000
Arbitration logic using a four-phase signaling protocol for control of a counterflow pipeline processor
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC3 citations62
US5955898ASep 21, 1999
Selector and decision wait using pass gate XOR
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC4 citations59
US7296176B1Nov 13, 2007
Method and apparatus for limiting the number of asynchronous events that occur during a clock cycle
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC0 citations51