Patents by Inventor Mark A. Beadle

Mark A. Beadle 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).

  • Circuits, systems, and methods for efficient wake up of peripheral component interconnect controller
    Patent number: 6473810
    Abstract: A controller (203) for coupling between a computer bus (20) and one or more units (221, 222) compatible with the bus. The controller comprises a first input (28) for receiving a first reset signal issued from the computer bus, and a second input (30) for receiving a second reset signal. The controller further comprises circuitry (26) for storing a first set of information which will be cleared in response to assertion of the first reset signal. Lastly, the controller comprises circuitry (24) for storing a second set of information which will not be cleared in response to assertion of the first reset signal but which will be cleared in response to assertion of the second reset signal. In a described embodiment, the bus is a PCI bus, the first reset signal is a PCI Reset signal, and the second reset signal is an initialization signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Krunali T. Patel, Mark A. Beadle, David W. Rekieta