Patents by Inventor Lauren M. Hagstrom

Lauren M. Hagstrom 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).

  • System and method for dynamic avoidance of a simultaneous switching output limitation of a integrated circuit chip
    Patent number: 5160922
    Abstract: A system and method for limiting the number of simultaneously switching outputs of an integrated circuit chip to at or below a predetermined limit for the chip during a short, predetermined time window by dynamically arbitrating request signals from discrete on-chip logic elements for assignment of output pins according to the priority of the request signals based on the type and intended use of output signals from such elements, and the immediate state of the integrated circuit chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1992
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: John DeRosa, Lauren M. Hagstrom, Lon S. Hilde, Oren Wiesler