Patents by Inventor Gregory A. Lento

Gregory A. Lento 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).

  • SMBUS over the PCI bus isolation scheme and circuit design
    Patent number: 6622250
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a computer system allows an expansion component of the computer system to properly operate even when the computer system is in a low-power mode. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a local system bus has a first section and a second section. An isolation circuit is included which selectively establishes a connection between the first section of the local system bus and the second section of the local system bus during a normal-power mode of the computer system and removes the connection between the first section of the local system bus and the second section of the local system bus during a low-power mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Castillo, Gregory A. Lento