Patents by Inventor Binta Patel

Binta Patel 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).

  • Patent number: 8392728
    Abstract: A method to reduce idle leakage power in I/O pins of an integrated circuit using external circuitry. Initially, I/O pins on a package are subdivided into those that will also remain powered up and those that will power down during idle state. When a system enters a low power mode, a signal is sent to the external circuitry. The signal notifies the I/O pins that always remain powered up to notify the external circuitry to power down the other set of I/O pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Lance Hacking, Belliappa Kuttanna, Rajesh Patel, Ashish Choubal, Terry Fletcher, Steven S. Varnum, Binta Patel
  • Publication number: 20080155280
    Abstract: A method to reduce idle leakage power in I/O pins of an integrated circuit using external circuitry. Initially, I/O pins on a package are subdivided into those that will also remain powered up and those that will power down during idle state. When a system enters a low power mode, a signal is sent to the external circuitry. The signal notifies the I/O pins that always remain powered up to notify the external circuitry to power down the other set of I/O pins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Lance Hacking, Belliappa Kuttana, Rajesh Patel, Ashish Choubal, Terry Fletcher, Steven S. Varnum, Binta Patel