Patents by Inventor Paul C. Wade
Paul C. Wade 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).
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Patent number: 8864415Abstract: The present invention provides a means by which an underwater plow can avoid large obstacles that otherwise would prevent the plow from executing its desired path. The underwater plow is released into the water, drops to the sea floor, orients itself, and begins to deploy the sensor array along a pre-programmed path. If the plow encounters a sea floor obstacle, the plow 10 automatically maneuvers to overcome the obstacle and continues deployment of the sensor array. The buoyancy shifting apparatus 110 allows the plow to automatically maneuver. The present invention shifts the center of buoyancy of the underwater plow, thereby allowing the plow to float over obstructions.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2012Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Steven K. Whiteside, Robert M. Lee, Ronald A. Skala, Paul C. Wade, Bret R. Thomson, Daniel T. Bridge, Tyler J. Browe
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Publication number: 20020100429Abstract: A novel cage for reptile and amphibian pets having a bottom wall, top wall, front wall, back wall, first and second side walls, wherein the walls are configured with selection from light-transmissive ventilating mesh screen, clear plastic, or clear glass plate with the requirement that at least three of the walls be configured with ventilating mesh screen, and wherein the bottom wall is removably connected to the cage, and wherein the top wall further has an access hatch, which can be configured with ventilating mesh screen, clear plastic, or clear glass plate, and the front has a door portion configured with light-transmissive ventilating mesh screen, clear plastic, or clear glass plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2001Publication date: August 1, 2002Inventor: Paul C. Wade
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Patent number: 5481555Abstract: A system and method that reduces the simultaneous switching noise of outputs and the processing delays caused by inductance by using an encoding scheme that results in a net signaling current of substantially zero at each cycle time for the fast parallel switching networks of digital integrated circuit chips and that provides multiple types of error detection.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 1994Date of Patent: January 2, 1996Assignee: Digital Equipment CorporationInventors: Paul C. Wade, Samuel H. Duncan, Donald W. Smelser
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Patent number: 5359630Abstract: A method and device for receiving data in a synchronous communication system. Data can be accurately transferred between two subsystems in a synchronous system even where the clock skew and propagation delay between the two subsystems is unlimited. The receiving subsystem is initialized to ensure synchronous data transfer over a theoretically infinite range. The transmitting subsystem transmits data and a forwarded clock to the receiving subsystem. Data is captured in three state devices arranged in parallel to eliminate minimum delay requirements and to expand data valid time. The captured data is then aligned to the clock of the receiving subsystem by controlling a multiplexer which selects the proper state device output to pass to another state device for alignment to the receiving subsystem's clock. The multiplexer is controlled by a circuit which monitors the capturing of the incoming data and determines the correct state device output to select for proper data alignment.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 1992Date of Patent: October 25, 1994Assignee: Digital Equipment CorporationInventors: Paul C. Wade, David J. Sager, Andrey Varpahovsky
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Patent number: 5285347Abstract: An improved method for removing heat from electronic devices, such as computer modules, is described. A flow of gas, such as air, cools the components. The gas flow is sufficient to cool so called "hot" components to their maximum operating temperature, and to cool the other components to their normal operating range. A liquid cooling system is also provided to cool the "hot" components to their normal operating range.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 1992Date of Patent: February 8, 1994Assignee: Digital Equipment CorporationInventors: Leslie Fox, Paul C. Wade
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Patent number: 5068715Abstract: The high-power, high-performance integrated circuit chip package comprises a chip constructed to contain top and bottom surfaces to which top and bottom metallization planes are fixed. Top and bottom heat sinks are fixedly mounted to the top metallization plane and bottom metallization plane, respectively. The metallization planes and heat sink combination functions as both a power lead and a heat dissipation means, allowing for the chip to contain signal connections which may be dedicated to input and output signal paths. The chip further comprises a plurality of contiguous top layers of thin dielectric material, at least one epitaxial layer on whichis mounted a plurality of transistors and associated circuitry, and at least one bottom layer of crystalline silicon material. The plurality of transistors and associated circuitry generates heat.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 1990Date of Patent: November 26, 1991Assignee: Digital Equipment CorporationInventors: Paul C. Wade, JJ Grady, III
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Patent number: 5010038Abstract: An IC chip assembly includes a chip having an array of exposed contacts at a first face thereof, a substrate having an array of exposed contacts at a face thereof and a compliant interposer with exposed contacts at opposite faces thereof positioned between the chip and substrate so that contacts on the opposite faces of the interposer engage the contacts on said chip and substrate, respectively. A thermal transfer member contacts the opposite face of the chip and is engaged to the substrate so as to compress the interposer thereby simultaneously establishing relatively low inductance electrical connections between the chip contacts and the substrate contacts and good thermal contact between the chip and the thermal transfer member. The assembly is particularly adapted to provide power to the chip of a TAB-type integrated circuit assembly which includes a flexible lead frame connected between the chip and the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 1990Date of Patent: April 23, 1991Assignee: Digital Equipment Corp.Inventors: Leslie R. Fox, Paul C. Wade, William L. Schmidt
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Patent number: 4954878Abstract: An IC chip assembly includes a chip having an array of exposed contacts at a first face thereof, a substrate having an array of exposed contacts at a face thereof and a compliant interposer with exposed contacts at opposite faces thereof positioned between the chip and substrate so that contacts on the opposite faces of the interposer engage the contacts on said chip and substrate, respectively. A thermal transfer member contacts the opposite face of the chip and is engaged to the substrate so as to compress the interposer thereby simultaneously establishing relatively low inductance electrical connections between the chip contacts and the substrate contacts and good thermal contact between the chip and the thermal transfer member. The assembly is particularly adapted to provide power to the chip of a TAB-type integrated circuit assembly which includes a flexible lead frame connected between the chip and the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 1989Date of Patent: September 4, 1990Assignee: Digital Equipment Corp.Inventors: Leslie R. Fox, Paul C. Wade, William L. Schmidt
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Patent number: 4135168Abstract: A common-drain high frequency power oscillator is configured by electrically reversing the channel of a GaAsFET transistor. Such an oscillator can be flip-chip mounted for reduced thermal resistance and has superior oscillation characteristics as compared with conventional common-source oscillators. Specifically, its gain is nearly constant with frequency, oscillation is less critically dependent on terminal impedance, and it can be operated with a single polarity voltage supply.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 1978Date of Patent: January 16, 1979Assignee: Microwave Semiconductor CorporationInventor: Paul C. Wade