Patents by Inventor ALAN D. HALLBERG

ALAN D. HALLBERG 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 POWER RESOURCE PROTECTION
    Publication number: 20140181546
    Abstract: An apparatus may comprise a platform power protection circuit to monitor an electric current over a platform input line, the electric current received on the platform input line from a current source, and output an alert signal from a comparator when current output is determined to exceed a current threshold. The apparatus may further include logic to assert a control signal to reduce power consumption in one or more platform components coupled to the platform input line when the alert signal is received. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: ALAN D. HALLBERG, JORGE P. RODRIGUEZ, PHILIP R. LEHWALDER, PATRICK K. LEUNG, ALEXANDER B. UAN-ZO-LI, RUOYING MA, JEFFREY A. CARLSON