Patents by Inventor Gao Tu

Gao Tu 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).

  • Interposer for peripheral component interconnect express generation 4
    Patent number: 10754810
    Abstract: An interposer for a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCI-e) host device and a PCI-e target device may include a plurality of linear repeaters to perform repetition or crosspoint switching of signals en route from the PCI-e host device to the PCI-e target device or from the PCI-e target device to the PCI-e host device; and a plurality of interposer components, the plurality of interposer components to receive the signals from the plurality of linear repeaters or provide the signals to the plurality of linear repeaters, and at least one interposer component, of the plurality of interposer components, being associated with a resistance of at least 50 ohms. Thus, the interposer may be compliant with a PCI-e protocol, such as the PCI-e Gen 4 protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: VIAVI Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Gao Tu, Wayne Perrier
  • INTERPOSER FOR PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT EXPRESS GENERATION 4
    Publication number: 20190205279
    Abstract: An interposer for a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCI-e) host device and a PCI-e target device may include a plurality of linear repeaters to perform repetition or crosspoint switching of signals en route from the PCI-e host device to the PCI-e target device or from the PCI-e target device to the PCI-e host device; and a plurality of interposer components, the plurality of interposer components to receive the signals from the plurality of linear repeaters or provide the signals to the plurality of linear repeaters, and at least one interposer component, of the plurality of interposer components, being associated with a resistance of at least 50 ohms. Thus, the interposer may be compliant with a PCI-e protocol, such as the PCI-e Gen 4 protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Gao Tu, Wayne Perrier