Inventor
AMICK BRIAN W
US45 patents
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SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC
39 patentsUS6893154B2May 17, 2005
Integrated temperature sensor
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC27 citations92
US6842351B2Jan 11, 2005
Method and apparatus for I/O resonance compensation
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC25 citations92
US6791360B2Sep 14, 2004
Source synchronous interface using variable digital data delay lines
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC32 citations92
US6781355B2Aug 24, 2004
I/O power supply resonance compensation technique
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC26 citations92
US6476663B1Nov 5, 2002
Method for reducing supply noise near an on-die thermal sensor
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC22 citations92
US7109767B1Sep 19, 2006
Generating different delay ratios for a strobe delay
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC20 citations90
US6628135B2Sep 30, 2003
Analog-based on-chip voltage sensor
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC18 citations84
US6614287B1Sep 2, 2003
Calibration technique for delay locked loop leakage current
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC18 citations84
US6873503B2Mar 29, 2005
SSTL pull-up pre-driver design using regulated power supply
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC13 citations82
US7193447B1Mar 20, 2007
Differential sense amplifier latch for high common mode input
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC18 citations80
US7062688B2Jun 13, 2006
Updating high speed parallel I/O interfaces based on counters
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC10 citations74
US6788045B2Sep 7, 2004
Method and apparatus for calibrating a delay locked loop charge pump current
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC9 citations74
US6768955B2Jul 27, 2004
Adjustment and calibration system for post-fabrication treatment of phase locked loop charge pump
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC9 citations74
US6700390B2Mar 2, 2004
Adjustment and calibration system to store resistance settings to control chip/package resonance
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC11 citations74
US6573770B1Jun 3, 2003
Programmable leakage current offset for delay locked loop
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC10 citations74
US6570421B1May 27, 2003
Programmable leakage current offset for phase locked loop
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC10 citations74
US6552571B2Apr 22, 2003
Clock induced supply noise reduction apparatus for a latch based circuit
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC7 citations74
US6549030B2Apr 15, 2003
Clock induced supply noise reduction method for a latch based circuit
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC6 citations74
US6501328B1Dec 31, 2002
Method for reducing peak to peak jitter in a dual-loop delay locked loop
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC9 citations74
US6734716B2May 11, 2004
SSTL pull-down pre-driver design using regulated power supply
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC7 citations71
US7062662B2Jun 13, 2006
I/O resonance cancellation circuit based on charge-pumped capacitors
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC3 citations63
US7043379B2May 9, 2006
Method for quantifying I/O chip/package resonance
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC5 citations63
US7013254B2Mar 14, 2006
Low-complexity, high accuracy model of a CPU power distribution system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC6 citations63
US6975977B2Dec 13, 2005
Low-complexity, high accuracy model of a CPU anti-resonance system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC2 citations63
US6871290B2Mar 22, 2005
Method for reducing a magnitude of a rate of current change of an integrated circuit
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC5 citations63
US6753740B2Jun 22, 2004
Method and apparatus for calibration of a post-fabrication bias voltage tuning feature for self biasing phase locked loop
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC6 citations63
US6701488B2Mar 2, 2004
Reducing I/O supply noise with digital control
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC5 citations63
US6618277B2Sep 9, 2003
Apparatus for reducing the supply noise near large clock drivers
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC4 citations63
US6462604B1Oct 8, 2002
Clock noise reduction apparatus
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC3 citations63
US6429722B1Aug 6, 2002
Clock noise reduction method
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC4 citations63
US7043683B2May 9, 2006
Data transmission update technique in low power modes
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC5 citations62
US6803788B2Oct 12, 2004
SSTL voltage translator with dynamic biasing
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC6 citations60
US6774665B2Aug 10, 2004
Cascode SSTL output buffer using source followers
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC5 citations59
US7263628B2Aug 28, 2007
Method and apparatus for receiver circuit tuning
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC0 citations52
US7110461B2Sep 19, 2006
Technique to enlarge data eyes in wireline communication systems
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC0 citations52
US6998887B2Feb 14, 2006
Calibration technique for phase locked loop leakage current
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC1 citations52
US6975144B2Dec 13, 2005
System, method and apparatus for improving sense amplifier performance characteristics using process feedback
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC0 citations52
US6515527B2Feb 4, 2003
Method for smoothing dI/dT noise due to clock transitions
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC0 citations52
US7017086B2Mar 21, 2006
Round-robin updating for high speed I/O parallel interfaces
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC0 citations42
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC
5 patentsUS8356155B2Jan 15, 2013
Dynamic RAM Phy interface with configurable power states
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC5 citations82
US9274938B2Mar 1, 2016
Dynamic RAM Phy interface with configurable power states
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC2 citations61
US9374080B2Jun 21, 2016
Method and apparatus for power-up detection for an electrical monitoring circuit
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC0 citations52
US8373447B2Feb 12, 2013
Method and apparatus of alternating service modes of an SOI process circuit
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC0 citations48
US8358158B2Jan 22, 2013
Method and apparatus for phase selection acceleration
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC0 citations47