Patents by Inventor Kirk Lamb

Kirk Lamb 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).

  • Publication number: 20060164909
    Abstract: A memory system including a plurality of delay lines and a processor in communication with the delay lines. The delay lines are in communication with a bus attached to a memory device. The bus includes a plurality of wires and each of the delay lines corresponds to on of the plurality of wires. The processor receives a plurality of data bits and a data strobe via the wires on the bus. Each of the data bits includes data eye. The process also automatically calibrates the target data eye of each of the data bits and corresponds to the target data eye. In addition, the processor centers the data strobe over the target data eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Gower, Kirk Lamb, Dustin VanStee
  • Publication number: 20050268135
    Abstract: A synchronous input to output protocol translator supporting multiple reference oscillator frequencies and fixed latency data computation and chip crossing circuits enables implementation of a method for delaying osc2 relative to osc1 in a configurable way to provide a constant, minimal Tptcc over a range of refosc frequencies between circuits for data transferred. It requires that the data transferred from a register R1 be sent over multiple wires via configurable delay circuitry for osc2, capture circuitry at the input to R2, and a circuit to transfer a synchronizing signal from a non-delayed clock domain to a delayed clock domain. Relative to osc1, osc2 is a delayed, synchronous clock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kirk Lamb, Kevin Gower, Thomas Griffin, Steven Hnatko, Dustin VanStee