Patents by Inventor Vikas G. Sontakke

Vikas G. Sontakke 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 apparatus for optimizing PCI interrupt binding and associated latency in extended/bridged PCI busses
    Patent number: 5764996
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of implementing an enhanced PCI interrupt controller which accommodates the industry standard wire-or functionality. With such an arrangement a method and apparatus to identify a source of a PCI interrupt without the need for polling is implemented with a register-based architecture and staged initiator decode. The invention implements both the default industry standard and a non-polled (interrupt accelerator) mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Ross L. Armstrong, Alan P. Milne, Sean N. McGrane, Vikas G. Sontakke, John Lenthall