Patents by Inventor Brain D. Holden

Brain D. Holden 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 high speed, scalable communication system
    Patent number: 6188690
    Abstract: Methods and devices useful in high-speed scalable switching systems include a memoryless switch fabric, per virtual channel queuing, digital phase aligners, randomized and complement connection modes, a mid-point negative acknowledge and output negative acknowledge scheme among other elements. A particular implementation of a routing table and switch element is described in part to illustrate the various techniques and devices of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: PMC-Sierra, Inc.
    Inventors: Brain D. Holden, Brian D. Alleyne, Darren S. Braun, Kevin Reno, Chee Hu, Raghavan Menon, Steve Sprouse