Patents by Inventor Joseph A. Iandanza

Joseph A. Iandanza has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and systems of powering on integrated circuit
    Patent number: 8016482
    Abstract: Method and systems of powering on an integrated circuit (IC) are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a region in the IC including functional logic, a temperature sensor for sensing a temperature in the region when the IC is powered up and a heating element therefor; a processing unit including: a comparator for comparing the temperature against a predetermined temperature value, a controller, which in the case that the temperature is below the predetermined temperature value, delays functional operation of the IC and controls heating of the region of the IC, and a monitor for monitoring the temperature in the region; and wherein the controller, in the case that the temperature rises above the predetermined temperature value, ceases the heating and initiates functional operation of the IC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Igor Arsovski, Anthony R. Bonaccio, Serafino Bueti, Hayden C. Cranford, Jr., Joseph A. Iandanza, Todd E. Leonard, Hemen R. Shah, Pradeep Thiagarajan, Sebastian T. Ventrone
  • METHOD AND SYSTEMS OF POWERING ON INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20090022203
    Abstract: Method and systems of powering on an integrated circuit (IC) are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a region in the IC including functional logic, a temperature sensor for sensing a temperature in the region when the IC is powered up and a heating element therefor; a processing unit including: a comparator for comparing the temperature against a predetermined temperature value, a controller, which in the case that the temperature is below the predetermined temperature value, delays functional operation of the IC and controls heating of the region of the IC, and a monitor for monitoring the temperature in the region; and wherein the controller, in the case that the temperature rises above the predetermined temperature value, ceases the heating and initiates functional operation of the IC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Igor Arsovski, Anthony R. Bonaccio, Serafino Bueti, Hayden C. Cranford, JR., Joseph A. Iandanza, Todd E. Leonard, Hemen R. Shah, Pradeep Thiagarajan, Sebastian T. Ventrone