Inventor
SMITH JACK R
44 patents
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WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP
16 patentsUS3973391AAug 10, 1976
Control apparatus for modulating the inlet guide vanes of a gas turbine employed in a combined cycle electric power generating plant as a function of load or inlet blade path temperature
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP65 citations96
US4445180AApr 24, 1984
Plant unit master control for fossil fired boiler implemented with a digital computer
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP97 citations95
US4195231AMar 25, 1980
Combined cycle electric power plant having an improved digital/analog hybrid gas turbine control system
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP71 citations95
US4327294AApr 27, 1982
Combined cycle electric power plant and a gas turbine having an improved overspeed protection system
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP31 citations92
US4201923AMay 6, 1980
Combined cycle electric power plant and a gas turbine having improved megawatt load control
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP31 citations92
US4028884AJun 14, 1977
Control apparatus for controlling the operation of a gas turbine inlet guide vane assembly and heat recovery steam generator for a steam turbine employed in a combined cycle electric power generating plant
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP107 citations92
US3974645AAug 17, 1976
Control apparatus for matching the exhaust flow of a gas turbine employed in a combined cycle electric power generating plant to the requirements of a steam generator also employed therein
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP51 citations92
US3978659ASep 7, 1976
Bumpless transfer in shifting control command between the primary and backup control systems of a gas turbine power plant
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP34 citations90
US4160362AJul 10, 1979
Gas turbine and combined cycle power plant having reduced emission of nitrogen oxide and improved coolant injection flow control system therefor
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP44 citations88
US4029952AJun 14, 1977
Electric power plant having a multiple computer system for redundant control of turbine and steam generator operation
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP43 citations88
US4167096ASep 11, 1979
Combined cycle electric power plant and a gas turbine having an improved overspeed protection system
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP14 citations73
US3974643AAug 17, 1976
Combined cycle electric power plant and a gas turbine having improved outlet temperature limit control
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP10 citations73
US3943372AMar 9, 1976
Combined cycle electric power plant and a gas turbine having an improved startup control especially useful in a backup control system
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP12 citations73
US4016717AApr 12, 1977
Matching response of a blade path temperature limit signal to characteristics of a gas turbine
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP9 citations71
US3975902AAug 24, 1976
Local maintenance controller for gas turbine power plants having a primary control system
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP16 citations69
US3977184AAug 31, 1976
Electric power plant having a gas turbine with an improved wide range surge protection system
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP2 citations63
IBM
15 patentsUS6253299B1Jun 26, 2001
Virtual cache registers with selectable width for accommodating different precision data formats
IBM25 citations92
US7065733B2Jun 20, 2006
Method for modifying the behavior of a state machine
IBM27 citations90
US7134104B2Nov 7, 2006
Method of selectively building redundant logic structures to improve fault tolerance
IBM11 citations84
US6578155B1Jun 10, 2003
Data processing system with adjustable clocks for partitioned synchronous interfaces
IBM13 citations84
US7489163B2Feb 10, 2009
FPGA powerup to known functional state
IBM7 citations74
US7282949B2Oct 16, 2007
FPGA powerup to known functional state
IBM8 citations74
US7058914B2Jun 6, 2006
Automatic latch compression/reduction
IBM10 citations74
US8988140B2Mar 24, 2015
Real-time adaptive voltage control of logic blocks
IBM5 citations73
US7406579B2Jul 29, 2008
Selectively changeable line width memory
IBM8 citations73
US7750670B2Jul 6, 2010
System and method for dynamically executing a function in a programmable logic array
IBM3 citations63
US7417453B2Aug 26, 2008
System and method for dynamically executing a function in a programmable logic array
IBM2 citations63
US7304493B2Dec 4, 2007
FPGA powerup to known functional state
IBM5 citations63
US6954085B2Oct 11, 2005
System and method for dynamically executing a function in a programmable logic array
IBM4 citations63
US7206878B2Apr 17, 2007
Voltage level bus protocol for transferring data
IBM5 citations54
US8381050B2Feb 19, 2013
Method and apparatus for increased effectiveness of delay and transition fault testing
IBM1 citations50