Patents by Inventor Howard James Schubert, Jr.

Howard James Schubert, Jr. 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: 6407569
    Abstract: Stuck-at fault, shorted and open circuit conditions occurring in the differential inputs to Differential Receivers on a Large Scale Integrated (LSI) chip are detected by a test circuit arrangement fabricated on the chip. The test circuit arrangement includes Pass Gate devices operatively coupled to the differential inputs and an Exclusive NOR circuit (XNOR) coupled to the Pass Gate devices. Pull devices are coupled to the Pass Gate devices and the differential inputs. By activating the Pass Gate devices and applying a test sequence to the differential inputs, the state of the output of the XNOR circuit indicates if an open circuit, stuck-at or short exists in the inputs to the Differential Receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Paul Boettler, Robert Glen Gerowitz, William Arthur Noon, Howard James Schubert, Jr., Chad Everett Winemiller