Patents by Inventor Harold Roberts

Harold Roberts 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: 12243712
    Abstract: Methods and systems for exposing a desired shape in an area on a surface using a charged particle beam system include determining a local pattern density for the area, based on an original set of exposure information. A pre-proximity effect correction (PEC) maximum dose for the local pattern density is determined, based on a pre-determined target post-PEC maximum dose. The pre-PEC maximum dose may be calculated near an edge of the desired shape. Methods also include modifying the original set of exposure information with the pre-PEC maximum dose to create a modified set of exposure information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: D2S, Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Fujimura, Harold Robert Zable, Nagesh Shirali, Abhishek Shendre, William E. Guthrie, Ryan Pearman
  • Publication number: 20250028701
    Abstract: Self-Addressing Dynamic Random Access Memory (SADRAM) includes Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) and a logic layer having direct access to the DRAM which provides symbolic addressing services. These services are provided by sequencers realized in the logic layer. The sequencers maintains a DRAM row or row-pair in sorted order, finds a location within the row or row-pair for a new data element, and inserts the new data element into the row or row-pair—all while preserving the sorted order. The sequencer is a plurality sequencer groups, each sequencer group is a plurality of sequencer cells. The sequencer cells to perform a highly parallel pipeline insertion of a new data element. The logic layer also defines a Self-Addressing Memory Central Processing Unit (SamPU) which is operatively coupled to the sequencer and configured to control the sequencer. The logic layer also provides program memory for SamPU and a memory cache in which is built an index database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventor: Harold Robert G. Trout
  • Publication number: 20240348332
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for laser transmitter characterization for accurate laser aging are described herein. A set of bias current-temperature pairs is collected for a laser diode. A bias current-temperature curve is calculated for the laser diode using the set of bias current-temperature pairs. A timestamp is assigned to the bias current-temperature curve. The bias current-temperature curve and the timestamp are stored in a non-volatile memory device communicatively coupled to a laser device that includes the laser diode. The bias current-temperature curve and the timestamp are transmitted to a cloud-based storage facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Harold Roberts, Marta Seda, Pete Lee
  • Patent number: 12111764
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to memory systems and operation are described. A memory system may be coupled to a processor, which includes a memory controller. The memory controller may determine whether targeting of first data and second data by the processor to perform an operation results in processor-side cache misses. When targeting of the first data and the second data result in processor-side cache misses, the memory controller may determine a single memory access request that requests return of both the first data and the second data and instruct the processor to output the single memory access request to a memory system via one or more data buses coupled between the processor and the memory system to enable processing circuitry implemented in the processor to perform the operation based at least in part on the first data and the second data when returned from the memory system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Harold Robert George Trout
  • Patent number: 12061554
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to memory systems and operation are described. A memory system may be communicative coupled to a processor via one or more data buses. Additionally, the memory system may include one or more memory devices that store data to be used by processing circuitry implemented in the processor to perform an operation. Furthermore, the memory system may include a memory controller that receives a memory access request that return of the data via the one or more data buses and, in response, determines a storage location of the data in the one or more memory devices based at least in part on the memory access request and instructs the memory system to store the data directly into a processor-side cache integrated with the processing circuitry to enable the processing circuitry implemented in the processor to perform the operation based on the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Harold Robert George Trout
  • Publication number: 20240236798
    Abstract: A system for interference detection includes one or more processors are configured to receive from one or more access points within a wireless network information indicative of airtime usage of one or more client devices associated with the one or more access points, determine an amount of total interference for at least one of the access points on a first channel, the total interference including foreign interference and in-network interference, determine a correlation between the total interference and the airtime usage of the one or more client devices, determine an amount of the foreign interference or an amount of the in-network interference based on the correlation, and selectively switch the at least one of the access points from communicating on the first channel to communicating on a second channel based on the determined amount of the foreign interference or the determined amount of the in-network interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Harold A. Roberts, Daniel J. Sills, Eric I. Leal
  • Publication number: 20240224091
    Abstract: An access point for interference detection includes memory configured to store information identifying one or more non-associated client devices that are not configured to communicate with the access point, and one or more processors, implemented in circuitry, coupled to the memory and configured to: determine that communication signals outputted from a non-associated client device to another access point or from the other access point to the non-associated client device are being received by the access point based on the stored information, determine an amount of in-network interference being generated by the communication signals based at least in part on the determination that the communication signals from the non-associated client device or from the other access point are being received by the access point, and output interference information based on the determined amount of in-network interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel J. Sills, Eric I. Leal, Harold A. Roberts
  • Patent number: 11985562
    Abstract: A system for interference detection includes one or more processors are configured to receive from one or more access points within a wireless network information indicative of airtime usage of one or more client devices associated with the one or more access points, determine an amount of total interference for at least one of the access points on a first channel, the total interference including foreign interference and in-network interference, determine a correlation between the total interference and the airtime usage of the one or more client devices, determine an amount of the foreign interference or an amount of the in-network interference based on the correlation, and selectively switch the at least one of the access points from communicating on the first channel to communicating on a second channel based on the determined amount of the foreign interference or the determined amount of the in-network interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: CALIX, INC.
    Inventors: Harold A. Roberts, Daniel J. Sills, Eric I. Leal
  • Publication number: 20240098600
    Abstract: A wireless system includes memory configured to store information of physical layer rates associated with power levels between a client device and respective access points. The power levels comprise information of amounts of power in signals received by the client device from the respective access points. The system includes one or more processors configured to: during a communication session between the client device and a first access point, determine a current power level between the client device and a second access point, access the information based on the current power level to determine an expected physical layer rate between the client device and the second access point, determine a current physical layer rate between the client device and the first access point, and determine whether to switch the communication session to the second access point based on the expected physical layer rate and the current physical layer rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Harold A. Roberts, Daniel J. Sills, Eric I. Leal
  • Patent number: 11886166
    Abstract: A method for exposing a pattern in an area on a surface using a charged particle beam lithography is disclosed and includes inputting an original set of exposure information for the area. The area comprises a plurality of pixels, and the original set of exposure information comprises dosages for the plurality of pixels in the area. A backscatter is calculated for a sub area of the area based on the original set of exposure information including the dosages for the plurality of pixels in the area. An increase in dosage for at least one pixel in a plurality of pixels in the sub area is determined, in a location where the backscatter of the sub area is below a pre-determined threshold, thereby increasing the backscatter of the sub area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: D2S, Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Fujimura, Harold Robert Zable, Nagesh Shirali, Abhishek Shendre, William E. Guthrie, Ryan Pearman
  • Patent number: 11836128
    Abstract: Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) and a logic layer having direct access to the DRAM which provides symbolic addressing services. These services are provided by sequencers in the logic layer. The sequencers maintain a DRAM row or row-pair in sorted order, find a location and insert a new data element into the row or row-pair, all while preserving the sorted order. The sequencer is a plurality sequencer groups, each a plurality of sequencer cells. The sequencer cells perform a highly parallel pipeline insertion of a new data element. The logic layer also defines a Self-Addressing Memory Central Processing Unit (SamPU) operatively coupled to, and configured to control, the sequencer. The logic layer provides program memory for SamPU and a memory cache to build an index database. The database is subject to mitosis to accommodate the overflow of any item in the index database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SADRAM, INC.
    Inventor: Harold Robert G. Trout
  • Publication number: 20230386784
    Abstract: Methods and systems for exposing a desired shape in an area on a surface using a charged particle beam system include determining a local pattern density for the area, based on an original set of exposure information. A pre-proximity effect correction (PEC) maximum dose for the local pattern density is determined, based on a pre-determined target post-PEC maximum dose. The pre-PEC maximum dose may be calculated near an edge of the desired shape. Methods also include modifying the original set of exposure information with the pre-PEC maximum dose to create a modified set of exposure information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: D2S, Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Fujimura, Harold Robert Zable, Nagesh Shirali, Abhishek Shendre, William E. Guthrie, Ryan Pearman
  • Patent number: 11812106
    Abstract: Embodiments include an automatic set top box placement (STB) process and system that balances video playback needs against the performance characteristics of individual devices and the communications system. For video playback, this involves maintaining required sustained data rates needed to support video of various levels of quality and resolution and matching these against the capacity of the Wi-Fi system in terms of channel capacity and gateway/Access Point to STB connection quality. An intelligent network controller calculates the STB total airtime. Each STB is associated with a Service Set Identifier (SSID) that the controller uses to identify the STB clients. The controller calculates the End-to-End PHY rates for each client. The total STB airtime can then be calculated and compared to the default allocation for the STBs. Recommendations regarding moving STBs, gateways, and or satellite/booster devices can then be provided to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Calix, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold A. Roberts, Francisco Moreno
  • Patent number: 11756765
    Abstract: Methods for exposing a desired shape in an area on a surface using a charged particle beam system include determining a local pattern density for the area of the desired shape based on an original set of exposure information. A backscatter for a sub area is calculated, based on the original set of exposure information. Dosage for at least one pixel in a plurality of pixels in the sub area is increased, in a location where the backscatter of the sub area is below a pre-determined threshold, thereby increasing the backscatter of the sub area. A pre-PEC maximum dose is determined for the local pattern density, based on a pre-determined target post-PEC maximum dose. The original set of exposure information is modified with the pre-PEC maximum dose and the increased dosage of the at least one pixel in the sub area to create a modified set of exposure information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: D2S, Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Fujimura, Harold Robert Zable, Nagesh Shirali, Abhishek Shendre, William E. Guthrie, Ryan Pearman
  • Publication number: 20230247508
    Abstract: A system for interference detection includes one or more processors are configured to receive from one or more access points within a wireless network information indicative of airtime usage of one or more client devices associated with the one or more access points, determine an amount of total interference for at least one of the access points on a first channel, the total interference including foreign interference and in-network interference, determine a correlation between the total interference and the airtime usage of the one or more client devices, determine an amount of the foreign interference or an amount of the in-network interference based on the correlation, and selectively switch the at least one of the access points from communicating on the first channel to communicating on a second channel based on the determined amount of the foreign interference or the determined amount of the in-network interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Harold A. Roberts, Daniel J. Sills, Eric I. Leal
  • Publication number: 20230205177
    Abstract: A method for exposing a pattern in an area on a surface using a charged particle beam lithography is disclosed and includes inputting an original set of exposure information for the area. The area comprises a plurality of pixels, and the original set of exposure information comprises dosages for the plurality of pixels in the area. A backscatter is calculated for a sub area of the area based on the original set of exposure information including the dosages for the plurality of pixels in the area. An increase in dosage for at least one pixel in a plurality of pixels in the sub area is determined, in a location where the backscatter of the sub area is below a pre-determined threshold, thereby increasing the backscatter of the sub area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: D2S, Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Fujimura, Harold Robert Zable, Nagesh Shirali, Abhishek Shendre, William E. Guthrie, Ryan Pearman
  • Publication number: 20230124768
    Abstract: Methods for exposing a desired shape in an area on a surface using a charged particle beam system include determining a local pattern density for the area, based on an original set of exposure information. A pre-proximity effect correction (PEC) maximum dose for the local pattern density is determined, based on a pre-determined target post-PEC maximum dose. The pre-PEC maximum dose is calculated near an edge of the desired shape. Methods also include modifying the original set of exposure information with the pre-PEC maximum dose to create a modified set of exposure information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: D2S, Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Fujimura, Harold Robert Zable, Nagesh Shirali, Abhishek Shendre, William E. Guthrie, Ryan Pearman
  • Patent number: 11604451
    Abstract: A method for exposing a pattern in an area on a surface using a charged particle beam lithography is disclosed and includes inputting an original set of exposure information for the area. The area comprises a plurality of pixels, and the original set of exposure information comprises dosages for the plurality of pixels in the area. A backscatter is calculated for a sub area of the area based on the original set of exposure information. A dosage for at least one pixel in a plurality of pixels in the sub area is increased, in a location where the backscatter of the sub area is below a pre-determined threshold, thereby increasing the backscatter of the sub area. A modified set of exposure information is output, including the increased dosage of the at least one pixel in the sub area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: D2S, Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Fujimura, Harold Robert Zable, Nagesh Shirali, Abhishek Shendre, William E. Guthrie, Ryan Pearman
  • Patent number: 11592802
    Abstract: A method for exposing a pattern in an area on a surface using a charged particle beam lithography is disclosed and includes inputting an original set of exposure information for the area. A backscatter is calculated for the area of the pattern based on the exposure information. An artificial background dose is determined for the area. The artificial background dose comprises additional exposure information and is combined with the original set of exposure information creating a modified set of exposure information. A system for exposing a pattern in an area on a surface using a charged particle beam lithography is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: D2S, Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Fujimura, Harold Robert Zable, Nagesh Shirali, William E. Guthrie, Ryan Pearman
  • Publication number: 20220171711
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to memory systems and operation are described. A memory system may be communicative coupled to a processor via one or more data buses. Additionally, the memory system may include one or more memory devices that store data to be used by processing circuitry implemented in the processor to perform an operation. Furthermore, the memory system may include a memory controller that receives a memory access request that return of the data via the one or more data buses and, in response, determines a storage location of the data in the one or more memory devices based at least in part on the memory access request and instructs the memory system to store the data directly into a processor-side cache integrated with the processing circuitry to enable the processing circuitry implemented in the processor to perform the operation based on the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventor: Harold Robert George Trout