Patents by Inventor Armando Garza Benavidez

Armando Garza Benavidez 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).

  • SAS expander with non-blocking virtual PHY architecture
    Patent number: 8626981
    Abstract: A SAS expander includes a switch core, a number of SAS expander phys coupled to the switch core, an SMP originator coupled to the switch core and an SMP receptor coupled to the switch core. In an embodiment, the SMP originator is configured to only send connection requests and the SMP receptor is configured to only receive connection requests. Program instructions stored in non-transient digital storage media include code segments detecting a new connection request, code segments determining whether the new connection request is in conflict with an existing connection request and code segments determining if there is a free destination receptor phy. In an embodiment, the free destination receptor phy is never operationally used for an origination of a connection request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip Wayne Roberts, Gregory Arthur Tabor, Kurt Marshall Schwemmer, John Matthew Adams, Armando Garza Benavidez