Inventor

KELLEY RICHARD ALLEN

US36 patents

Patents

36 patents

US5784576AJul 21, 1998

Method and apparatus for adding and removing components of a data processing system without powering down

IBM197 citations99

US5875310AFeb 23, 1999

Secondary I/O bus with expanded slot capacity and hot plugging capability

IBM144 citations98

US6295568B1Sep 25, 2001

Method and system for supporting multiple local buses operating at different frequencies

IBM58 citations96

US6185642B1Feb 6, 2001

Bus for high frequency operation with backward compatibility and hot-plug ability

IBM66 citations96

US6182178B1Jan 30, 2001

Method and system for supporting peripheral component interconnect (PCI) peer-to-peer access across a PCI host bridge supporting multiple PCI buses

IBM62 citations96

US5850530ADec 15, 1998

Method and apparatus for improving bus efficiency by enabling arbitration based upon availability of completion data

IBM77 citations96

US5758105AMay 26, 1998

Method and apparatus for bus arbitration between isochronous and non-isochronous devices

IBM69 citations96

US6134621AOct 17, 2000

Variable slot configuration for multi-speed bus

IBM63 citations95

US5644470AJul 1, 1997

Autodocking hardware for installing and/or removing adapter cards without opening the computer system cover

IBM128 citations95

US6772264B1Aug 3, 2004

Method and system for interrupt handling using system pipelined packet transfers

IBM33 citations93

US6175888B1Jan 16, 2001

Dual host bridge with peer to peer support

IBM37 citations93

US6170029B1Jan 2, 2001

Voltage overshoot control in hot plug system

IBM44 citations93

US6081863AJun 27, 2000

Method and system for supporting multiple peripheral component interconnect PCI buses by a single PCI host bridge within a computer system

IBM46 citations93

US6035355AMar 7, 2000

PCI system and adapter requirements following reset

IBM34 citations93

US5978869ANov 2, 1999

Enhanced dual speed bus computer system

IBM32 citations93

US5887144AMar 23, 1999

Method and system for increasing the load and expansion capabilities of a bus through the use of in-line switches

IBM31 citations93

US5884053AMar 16, 1999

Connector for higher performance PCI with differential signaling

IBM61 citations93

US5764929AJun 9, 1998

Method and apparatus for improving bus bandwidth by reducing redundant access attempts

IBM41 citations93

US5838995ANov 17, 1998

System and method for high frequency operation of I/O bus

IBM41 citations92

US6425024B1Jul 23, 2002

Buffer management for improved PCI-X or PCI bridge performance

IBM42 citations90

US6338107B1Jan 8, 2002

Method and system for providing hot plug of adapter cards in an expanded slot environment

IBM46 citations90

US6237057B1May 22, 2001

Method and system for PCI slot expansion via electrical isolation

IBM32 citations90

US6581141B1Jun 17, 2003

Toggle for split transaction mode of PCI-X bridge buffer

IBM15 citations84

US6195723B1Feb 27, 2001

Method and system for providing peer-to-peer control in an expanded slot environment using a bridge as an agent for controlling peripheral device

IBM16 citations82

US6327636B1Dec 4, 2001

Ordering for pipelined read transfers

IBM14 citations74

US6229334B1May 8, 2001

Voltage overshoot control

IBM10 citations74

US6081861AJun 27, 2000

PCI migration support of ISA adapters

IBM11 citations74

US5901296AMay 4, 1999

Distributed scheduling for the transfer of real time, loss sensitive and non-real time data over a bus

IBM13 citations71

US6233636B1May 15, 2001

Method and system for allowing PCI bus transactions to be performed at higher operating frequencies

IBM7 citations68

US6493779B1Dec 10, 2002

Method and system for interrupt handling using device pipelined packet transfers

IBM3 citations63

US6240474B1May 29, 2001

Pipelined read transfers

IBM6 citations63

US6519555B1Feb 11, 2003

Apparatus and method of allowing PCI v1.0 devices to work in PCI v2.0 compliant system

IBM3 citations59

US6009486ADec 28, 1999

Cardbus docking station

IBM6 citations59

KELLEY RICHARD ALLEN

Patents

Method and apparatus for adding and removing components of a data processing system without powering down

Secondary I/O bus with expanded slot capacity and hot plugging capability

Method and system for supporting multiple local buses operating at different frequencies

Bus for high frequency operation with backward compatibility and hot-plug ability

Method and system for supporting peripheral component interconnect (PCI) peer-to-peer access across a PCI host bridge supporting multiple PCI buses

Method and apparatus for improving bus efficiency by enabling arbitration based upon availability of completion data

Method and apparatus for bus arbitration between isochronous and non-isochronous devices

Variable slot configuration for multi-speed bus

Autodocking hardware for installing and/or removing adapter cards without opening the computer system cover

Enabling a docking station for ISA adapters

Driver/receiver circuitry for enhanced PCI bus with differential signaling

Enhanced bus arbiter utilizing variable priority and fairness

Method and system for interrupt handling using system pipelined packet transfers

Dual host bridge with peer to peer support

Voltage overshoot control in hot plug system

Method and system for supporting multiple peripheral component interconnect PCI buses by a single PCI host bridge within a computer system

PCI system and adapter requirements following reset

Enhanced dual speed bus computer system

Method and system for increasing the load and expansion capabilities of a bus through the use of in-line switches

Connector for higher performance PCI with differential signaling

Method and apparatus for improving bus bandwidth by reducing redundant access attempts

System and method for high frequency operation of I/O bus

Buffer management for improved PCI-X or PCI bridge performance

Method and system for providing hot plug of adapter cards in an expanded slot environment

Method and system for PCI slot expansion via electrical isolation

Toggle for split transaction mode of PCI-X bridge buffer

Method and system for providing peer-to-peer control in an expanded slot environment using a bridge as an agent for controlling peripheral device

Ordering for pipelined read transfers

Voltage overshoot control

PCI migration support of ISA adapters

Distributed scheduling for the transfer of real time, loss sensitive and non-real time data over a bus

Method and system for allowing PCI bus transactions to be performed at higher operating frequencies

Method and system for interrupt handling using device pipelined packet transfers

Pipelined read transfers

Apparatus and method of allowing PCI v1.0 devices to work in PCI v2.0 compliant system

Cardbus docking station