Patents by Inventor Darrin Dennis Rath

Darrin Dennis Rath 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 hierarchial system synchronization
    Patent number: 8243714
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a global synchronization interface and multiple modules. The global synchronization interface includes a global synchronization driver for driving a global synchronization signal. The modules include corresponding local synchronization interfaces, each local synchronization interface having a local synchronization driver for driving a local synchronization signal. In a local mode, the modules ignore the global synchronization signal and synchronize corresponding operations according to the local synchronization signal and a global reference signal. In a global mode, the modules ignore the local synchronization signal and synchronize the corresponding operations according to the global synchronization signal and the global reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard Hilton, Darrin Dennis Rath, Gerald J. Ringel