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Rita M. O'Brien
Also filed as: O'BRIEN RITA · O'BRIEN RITA M
15 granted patents·864 citations·filing 1991–1997
95Inventor score
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15 records- 0193US5511203APower management system distinguishing between primary and secondary system activityADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1994·Granted Apr 23, 1996·210 cites·21 claims
- 0291US5493684APower management architecture including a power management messaging bus for conveying an encoded activity signal for optimal flexibilityADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1994·Granted Feb 20, 1996·160 cites·17 claims
- 0387US5504910APower management unit including software configurable state register and time-out counters for protecting against misbehaved softwareADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1994·Granted Apr 2, 1996·65 cites·14 claims
- 0478US5442794ADisable technique employed during low battery conditions within a portable computer systemADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1993·Granted Aug 15, 1995·74 cites·12 claims
- 0575US5664205APower management control technique for timer tick activity within an interrupt driven computer systemADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 2, 1997·74 cites·18 claims
- 0671US5495482APacket transmission system and method utilizing both a data bus and dedicated control linesMOTOROLA INC·Filed 1991·Granted Feb 27, 1996·45 cites·8 claims
- 0763US6178475B1Multimedia system employing timers to properly allocate bus accessADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1994·Granted Jan 23, 2001·37 cites·16 claims
- 0861US5796961AHeuristic bus access arbiterADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1997·Granted Aug 18, 1998·38 cites·7 claims
- 0961US5596756ASub-bus activity detection technique for power management within a computer systemADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1994·Granted Jan 21, 1997·37 cites·13 claims
- 1059US5628019ASystem and method for controlling a peripheral bus clock signal during a reduced power modeADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1996·Granted May 6, 1997·38 cites·7 claims
- 1158US5628020ASystem oscillator gating technique for power management within a computer systemADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1996·Granted May 6, 1997·36 cites·8 claims
- 1248US5535419ASytem and method for merging disk change data from a floppy disk controller with data relating to an IDE drive controllerADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1994·Granted Jul 9, 1996·19 cites·28 claims
- 1340US6021498APower management unit including a programmable index register for accessing configuration registersADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1994·Granted Feb 1, 2000·11 cites·18 claims
- 1438US5671424AImmediate system management interrupt source with associated reason registerADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1994·Granted Sep 23, 1997·10 cites·17 claims
- 1537US5606713ASystem management interrupt source including a programmable counter and power management system employing the sameADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC·Filed 1995·Granted Feb 25, 1997·10 cites·5 claims
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