Patents Examined by Ji H. Bae
  • Patent number: 12204389
    Abstract: An electronic device including: a regulator circuit configured to output a regulated voltage based on a reference voltage and a feedback voltage; and an oscillator configured to generate an output frequency signal based on a reference frequency signal and the regulated voltage output from the regulator circuit, wherein the regulator circuit includes: a feedback loop configured to output the regulated voltage based on a difference between the reference voltage and the feedback voltage; a first capacitor; a precharge circuit connected to the feedback loop, and configured to charge the first capacitor with a second voltage which is based on a first voltage; a first switch configured to connect the precharge circuit with the first capacitor; and a second switch configured to connect the first capacitor with the feedback loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Insung Kim, Joomyoung Kim, Wooseok Kim, Taeik Kim
  • Patent number: 12181948
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for programming power management circuits in a system are described. An apparatus may include a set of one or more power management circuits configured to provide one or more operating voltages for the apparatus. The apparatus may also include an interface coupled with a controller via a bus. The apparatus may include a first switching circuit configured to isolate the bus from the controller and to couple the bus with a second switching circuit. The second switching circuit may be configured to isolate the set of one or more power management circuits from the controller and to couple the set of one or more power management circuits with the first switching circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: William A. Lendvay, Paul Zipp, Yoshihisa Fukushima, Mamoru Nagase, Tetsuya Shibata
  • Patent number: 12174658
    Abstract: An example device comprising: first clock divider circuitry to be coupled to a first clock; first counter circuitry configured to be coupled to the first clock divider circuitry, the first counter circuitry configured to increment based on the first clock and a second clock; second clock divider circuitry to be coupled to a third clock; second counter circuitry configured to be coupled to the second clock divider circuitry, the second counter circuitry configured to increment based on the third clock and the second clock; and comparison circuitry coupled to the first and second counter circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Shailesh Ghotgalkar, Rajeev Suvarna, Prasanth Viswanathan Pillai, Saravanan G
  • Patent number: 12176706
    Abstract: A method of power management of one or more line modules in a network device includes obtaining a power rating of a line module of the one or more line modules; determining, based on the power rating, one or more of a current threshold and a shutdown voltage for the line module; and providing the current threshold and the shutdown voltage to the line module for storage thereon, wherein the line module is configured to monitor the current threshold and the shutdown voltage and operate based thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Wingrove, Matthew William Connolly
  • Patent number: 12169566
    Abstract: An untrusted orchestrator function subsystem inventory and verification system includes an untrusted orchestrator device, an operating system, a BIOS, and a management device. In response to presentation by the untrusted orchestrator device of a function subsystem to the operating system during runtime, the operating system generates a function subsystem detection alert that identifies the function subsystem. In response to the function subsystem detection alert, the BIOS generates and transmits a BIOS inventory update. The management device receives the BIOS inventory update, and determines whether the operating system is authorized to use the function subsystem at least in part based on the BIOS inventory update. If so, the management device allows the operating system to utilize the function subsystem while, if not, the management device prevents the operating system from utilizing the function subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Srinivas Giri Raju Gowda, Syama Poluri
  • Patent number: 12158771
    Abstract: A clock gating method and circuit for avoiding out-of-spec clock operations. The circuit comprises a clock gating section that gates a clock signal according to an enabling signal generated by an enabling signal controller, the enabling signal controller generating the enabling signal according to a set signal and a reset signal. The circuit further comprises a set signal generator that generates the set signal, a reset signal generator that generates the reset signal, and a feedback section that uses the enabling signal to generate the feedback signal for the reset signal generator. The reset signal generator generates the reset signal by using the feedback signal. The enabling signal controller further generates an acknowledgement signal having a high signal during a blocking period when the clock signal is blocked and utilizes the acknowledgement signal as an announcement to a higher circuit that the clock signal is blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Israel A. Wagner, Hezi Shalom, Noam Jungmann, Elazar Kachir, Tomer Abraham Cohen
  • Patent number: 12154659
    Abstract: A memory system includes a memory chip and a memory controller that controls the memory chip. In a write operation, the memory controller transfers a first timing signal synchronized with a first clock and first data synchronized with the first timing signal to the memory chip. In a read operation, the memory controller transfers a second timing signal synchronized with at least a second clock to the memory chip. The second clock has a frequency different from a frequency of the first clock. In the read operation, the memory chip generates a third timing signal synchronized with the second clock based on the second timing signal, and transfers the third timing signal and second data synchronized with the third timing signal to the memory controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Shinya Koizumi
  • Patent number: 12153483
    Abstract: Computerized systems and methods are provided to intelligently and dynamically manage a data center comprising at least one server and at least one central manager. The central manager is programmed to access the at least one server on a predetermined schedule to determine whether at least one application is functioning properly by determining a functionality level. Alternatively, the central manager determines whether the at least one server is actively used by determining an activity level for the server. Based on the central manager's determinations, the system dynamically adjusts the power level of the server, resulting in reduced power consumption and a reduction in wasted resources and unnecessary processing power in the management of servers in a data center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc.
    Inventors: Karthikeyan Sukumaran, Sravan Kumar Anumula, Rakesh Reddy Yarragudi, Manipal Reddy Thoomukunta, Deepak Kumar Jain
  • Patent number: 12124857
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a server management apparatus, comprising: a server information acquisition unit configured to acquire configuration information and identifier information of a plurality of servers that constitute a network; a script generation unit configured to generate a script for booting each server for each of the plurality of servers based on the configuration information and the identifier information of the plurality of servers acquired; a remote disk setting unit configured to write the script generated by the script generation unit to a remote disk to be mounted on each of the plurality of servers to set the remote disk; and a command issuance unit configured to issue, to each of the plurality of servers via the network, a command to mount the remote disk set by the remote disk setting unit on a corresponding server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC.
    Inventors: Seihin Shu, Mohit Luthra, Tatsuhiko Narita
  • Patent number: 12126456
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises an input power interface for receiving input power, a power control system for transmitting DC (Direct Current) pulse power on multiple phases over a cable to a plurality of powered devices and verifying cable operation during an off-time of pulses in the DC pulse power, and a cable interface for delivery of the DC pulse power on the multiple phases and data over the cable to the powered devices. A method for transmitting multiple phase pulse power is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Anthony O′Brien, Douglas Paul Arduini, Sung Kee Baek, Ruqi Li, Joel Richard Goergen
  • Patent number: 12117878
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to reduce display connection latency. An example apparatus includes interface circuitry to: detect when a display is plugged into a port; and notify processor circuitry of the detection. In response to the notification, the processor circuitry of the example apparatus moves discrete circuitry into a high power state. The example apparatus also includes discrete circuitry to, while in the high power state, identify the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lakshminarayana Pappu, Nausheen Ansari, Todd Witter
  • Patent number: 12117864
    Abstract: An interface device and a signal transceiving method thereof are provided. The interface device includes a master circuit and a slave circuit. The slave circuit includes a second receiver, a clock generator, a sampler, and a comparator. The first receiver and second receiver respectively receive input data and a clock signal from the master circuit. The clock generator delays the clock signal according to a delay value to generate a delayed clock signal, and generates a plurality of sampling signals according to the delayed clock signal. The sampler samples the input data according to the sampling signals to generate a plurality of sampling results. The comparator compares the sampling results to generate a comparison result. The clock generator adjusts the delay value according to the comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignees: Global Unichip Corporation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Bi-Yang Li, Igor Elkanovich, Hung-Yi Chang, Shih-Cheng Kao
  • Patent number: 12105574
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to ensuring a data storage device consumes as little power as possible. Different HW modules in the data storage device can operate at different frequencies to ensure any bottleneck HW modules operate at as fast a frequency as possible, while non-bottleneck HW modules operate at slower frequencies and hence, consume less power. The frequency for each HW modules is dynamic and is adjusted based upon detected bottlenecks so that the data storage device can operate as efficiently as possible and consume as little power as possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Refael Ben-Rubi
  • Patent number: 12105573
    Abstract: Battery management systems and methods for using the same to obtain battery shock and/or rollover data. An exemplary battery management system of the present disclosure comprises an accelerometer configured to obtain acceleration data, a microcontroller operably connected to the accelerometer and configured to receive the acceleration data from the accelerometer, and a data storage medium in communication with the microcontroller, the data storage medium configured to store the acceleration data therein, wherein when the battery management system is in communication with a battery, the accelerometer can obtain the acceleration data relating to the battery, and the microcontroller can operate to disconnect the battery from a load connected thereto should the acceleration data meet or exceed a threshold limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Green Cubes Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Cooper, Vijayendra Jannu, Nagaraj Govindaiah
  • Patent number: 12099852
    Abstract: Shared hoteling workspaces and computer equipment are preconfigured based on location. A location associated with a mobile device is monitored. As the mobile device moves toward a workspace, computer peripheral equipment assigned to the workspace are identified and a best known configuration is retrieved. As the mobile device continues moving toward the workspace, the mobile device installs the best known configuration. Location-based policies and configuration events are defined and executed to ensure the best known configuration is timely installed. When the mobile device arrives at the workspace, the mobile device has been automatically configured to the computer peripheral equipment at the workspace. The mobile device is thus preconfigured, perhaps just in time, for immediate productivity and optimum user experience. Moreover, when the location of the mobile device no longer matches the workspace, the best known configuration may be automatically deleted to conserve memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Vivek Viswanathan Iyer, Vivekanandh Narayanasamy Rajagopalan, Gokul Thiruchengode Vajravel
  • Patent number: 12093109
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and system for controlling peak power consumption, which dynamically controls frequency by monitoring the load in real-time, thereby reducing the power consumption, and providing sufficient computing performance while controlling peak power consumption. The method and system for controlling peak power consumption of the present disclosure monitor the load in real-time, and reduce power consumption by dynamically and intelligently controlling the operating frequency, to achieve a balance between performance and power consumption, such that the chip works at the highest frequency when the peak power consumption does not exceed the load threshold, thereby effectively improving the work efficiency while achieving the power consumption control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: VeriSilicon Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd., VeriSilicon Microelectronics (Nanjing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Huiming Zhang
  • Patent number: 12093107
    Abstract: The present application provides a method and an apparatus for controlling device operation, and a terminal device and a storage medium, and relates to the technical field of device control. The method includes: acquiring an input expected operation duration of a target device; calculating to obtain a target power of the target device according to the expected operation duration and a target battery voltage of the target device; and controlling the target device to operate at the target power, wherein when the target device operates at the target power, an operable duration of the target device is greater than or equal to the expected operation duration. By means of the solutions provided by the present application, the operation of the device can be better controlled, so that the requirement of a user for service time required by continuous operation of the target device is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: APUTURE IMAGING INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tianze Tan
  • Patent number: 12096078
    Abstract: A system and method for polling a plurality of client devices of different types are provided. A reboot and polling tool pre-polls client devices, where the pre-poll is specific to a type of client device and identifies a state of the client devices. The reboot and polling tool then executes a script on the client devices that changes the state of the plurality of client devices. After the script is executed, the reboot and polling tool post-polls the client devices where the post-poll is specific to the type of client device and the post-poll provides information that identifies changes in the state of the client devices caused by the script.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: CSC Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Quinn
  • Patent number: 12085979
    Abstract: A method of performing clock synchronisation across multiple devices, the method including: in a first device: emitting timing pulses based on a first clock signal; and, outputting event data including events associated with first event times based on the first clock signal; in a second device: receiving the timing pulses; and, generating reference data including an indication of each timing pulse associated with a reference time based on a second clock signal; and, in one or more processing devices: receiving the event data; recording an approximate local event time for each event based on a time of local receipt determined using a local clock signal; using the local event times and first event times to derive a first function that relates the first clock signal and the local clock signal; using the first function and the reference data to derive a synchronisation function relating the first and second clock signals; and, using the synchronisation function to perform clock synchronisation of the first and se
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventor: Gavin Catt
  • Patent number: 12081399
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for implementing an ONU Management and Control Interface (OMCI) management instance based on a configuration file. The method is constructed on a passive optical network. The passive optical network includes an ONU and an OLT, the OLT using an OMCI specification as a management protocol to create a management entity in the ONU. The method includes: executing a software for the ONU to activate an OMCI process; and checking if a configuration file exists under a specific system path of the ONU by the software; if the configuration file exists, loading the configuration file by the software, and configuring the management entity according to the configuration file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: AIROHA TECHNOLOGY (SUZHOU) LIMITED
    Inventor: Min-Gang Tan