Inventor
LIU DEAN
US59 patents
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SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC
39 patentsUS6650157B2Nov 18, 2003
Using a push/pull buffer to improve delay locked loop performance
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC87 citations98
US6882196B2Apr 19, 2005
Duty cycle corrector
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC30 citations92
US6815986B2Nov 9, 2004
Design-for-test technique for a delay locked loop
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC28 citations92
US6806698B2Oct 19, 2004
Quantifying a difference between nodal voltages
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC28 citations92
US6686785B2Feb 3, 2004
Deskewing global clock skew using localized DLLs
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC37 citations92
US6687881B2Feb 3, 2004
Method for optimizing loop bandwidth in delay locked loops
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC21 citations92
US6597218B1Jul 22, 2003
Programmable bias-generator for self-biasing a delay locked loop
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC20 citations92
US6476663B1Nov 5, 2002
Method for reducing supply noise near an on-die thermal sensor
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC22 citations92
US7251305B2Jul 31, 2007
Method and apparatus to store delay locked loop biasing parameters
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC19 citations84
US6819192B2Nov 16, 2004
Jitter estimation for a phase locked loop
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC13 citations84
US6704680B2Mar 9, 2004
Method for decoupling capacitor optimization for a temperature sensor design
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC17 citations84
US6671863B2Dec 30, 2003
Optimization of loop bandwidth for a phase locked loop
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC14 citations84
US6664831B2Dec 16, 2003
Circuit for post-silicon control of delay locked loop charge pump current
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC13 citations84
US6614287B1Sep 2, 2003
Calibration technique for delay locked loop leakage current
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC18 citations84
US6597219B1Jul 22, 2003
Delay locked loop design with switch for loop filter capacitance leakage current control
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC17 citations84
US6570420B1May 27, 2003
Programmable current source adjustment of leakage current for delay locked loop
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC19 citations84
US6566758B1May 20, 2003
Current crowding reduction technique for flip chip package technology
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC15 citations84
US7062688B2Jun 13, 2006
Updating high speed parallel I/O interfaces based on counters
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC10 citations74
US6809557B2Oct 26, 2004
Increasing power supply noise rejection using linear voltage regulators in an on-chip temperature sensor
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC7 citations74
US6788045B2Sep 7, 2004
Method and apparatus for calibrating a delay locked loop charge pump current
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC9 citations74
US6784752B2Aug 31, 2004
Post-silicon phase offset control of phase locked loop input receiver
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
US6727737B2Apr 27, 2004
Delay locked loop design with diode for loop filter capacitance leakage current control
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC10 citations74
US6691291B2Feb 10, 2004
Method and system for estimating jitter in a delay locked loop
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC7 citations74
US6664828B2Dec 16, 2003
Post-silicon control of phase locked loop charge pump current
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC12 citations74
US6662126B2Dec 9, 2003
Measuring skew using on-chip sampling
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC12 citations74
US6573770B1Jun 3, 2003
Programmable leakage current offset for delay locked loop
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC10 citations74
US6501328B1Dec 31, 2002
Method for reducing peak to peak jitter in a dual-loop delay locked loop
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC9 citations74
US7106113B2Sep 12, 2006
Adjustment and calibration system for post-fabrication treatment of phase locked loop input receiver
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC2 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
US6748339B2Jun 8, 2004
Method for simulating power supply noise in an on-chip temperature sensor
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC5 citations63
US6639439B2Oct 28, 2003
Reducing voltage variation in a phase locked loop
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC4 citations63
US6618845B2Sep 9, 2003
Verifying on-chip decoupling capacitance
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC4 citations63
US6618277B2Sep 9, 2003
Apparatus for reducing the supply noise near large clock drivers
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC4 citations63
US6611573B2Aug 26, 2003
Non-integer division of frequency
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC4 citations63
US6593784B1Jul 15, 2003
Post-silicon bias-generator control for a differential phase locked loop
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC4 citations63
US6556041B1Apr 29, 2003
Reducing PECL voltage variation
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC3 citations63
US6541873B1Apr 1, 2003
90 degree bump placement layout for an integrated circuit power grid
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC2 citations63
US6495926B1Dec 17, 2002
60 degree bump placement layout for an integrated circuit power grid
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC2 citations63
XILINX INC
3 patentsUS7724815B1May 25, 2010
Method and apparatus for a programmably terminated receiver
XILINX INC69 citations97
US7978802B1Jul 12, 2011
Method and apparatus for a mesochronous transmission system
XILINX INC23 citations92
US7913104B1Mar 22, 2011
Method and apparatus for receive channel data alignment with minimized latency variation
XILINX INC36 citations92
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS INC
2 patentsAETAS TECHNOLOGY CORP
2 patentsNET LOGIC MICROSYSTEMS INC
1 patentAMMOCORE TECHNOLOGY INC
1 patentSIDIROPOULOS STEFANOS
1 patentAETAS TECHNOLOGY INC
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