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William S. Coates
Also filed as: COATES WILLIAM S · COATES WILLIAM STUART
20 granted patents·222 citations·filing 1997–2011
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20 records- 0195US6600325B2Method and apparatus for probing an integrated circuit through capacitive couplingSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 29, 2003·80 cites·21 claims
- 0284US7701254B2Reconfigurable circuitsORACLE AMERICA INC·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 20, 2010·12 cites·16 claims
- 0382US8130821B2Equalization in capacitively coupled communication linksHOPKINS ROBERT D·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 6, 2012·15 cites·19 claims
- 0480US6694389B2Method and apparatus for data flow analysisSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 17, 2004·30 cites·39 claims
- 0574US7994501B2Method and apparatus for electronically aligning capacitively coupled mini-barsORACLE AMERICA INC·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 9, 2011·5 cites·8 claims
- 0666US7256628B2Speed-matching control method and circuitSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 14, 2007·12 cites·24 claims
- 0764US8102020B2Equalization in proximity communicationHO RONALD·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 24, 2012·2 cites·22 claims
- 0864US7384804B2Method and apparatus for electronically aligning capacitively coupled mini-barsSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 10, 2008·2 cites·12 claims
- 0959US6741616B1Switch fabric for asynchronously transferring data within a circuitSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2000·Granted May 25, 2004·5 cites·27 claims
- 1058US6169422B1Apparatus and methods for high throughput self-timed domino circuitsSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1998·Granted Jan 2, 2001·14 cites·36 claims
- 1157US7369726B2Optical communication between face-to-face semiconductor chipsSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2004·Granted May 6, 2008·7 cites·27 claims
- 1251US8735184B2Equalization in proximity communicationHO RONALD·Filed 2011·Granted May 27, 2014·0 cites·17 claims
- 1348US8023555B2Repeater circuitORACLE AMERICA INC·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 20, 2011·0 cites·20 claims
- 1445US7296176B1Method and apparatus for limiting the number of asynchronous events that occur during a clock cycleSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 13, 2007·0 cites·21 claims
- 1543US5943491AControl circuit of mutual exclusion elementsSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Aug 24, 1999·15 cites·20 claims
- 1635US6360288B1Method and modules for control of pipelines carrying data using pipelines carrying control signalsSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 19, 2002·8 cites·18 claims
- 1735US6085316ALayered counterflow pipeline processor with anticipatory controlSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1998·Granted Jul 4, 2000·8 cites·20 claims
- 1835US5955898ASelector and decision wait using pass gate XORSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 21, 1999·4 cites·2 claims
- 1934US8222924B2Asynchronous FIFO circuit for long-distance on-chip communicationCOATES WILLIAM S·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 17, 2012·0 cites·20 claims
- 2031US6065109AArbitration logic using a four-phase signaling protocol for control of a counterflow pipeline processorSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted May 16, 2000·3 cites·18 claims
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