Patents by Inventor Michael Barenys

Michael Barenys 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).

  • I2C device including bus switches and programmable address
    Publication number: 20050097255
    Abstract: An I2C device is disclosed that includes a main I2C section, bus switches, switch logic, and address logic as part of the I2C device. The I2C device is coupled to an I2C bus for communicating with other I2C devices and an I2C bus controller that is also on the I2C bus. The switch logic controls a current position of the switches. The I2C device is coupled to the I2C bus utilizing the switches. The switches control whether the main I2C section, the address logic, the switch logic, or a combination of the main I2C section, address logic, and switch logic is currently coupled to I2C bus. The switches also can be used, if desired to remove from the buss all devices that are downstream from a given device containing switches. The address logic is used to receive and store the address of the I2C device. The I2C device will respond to the address that is stored in its address logic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Barenys, Stephan Broyles, Robert Faust, Joel Goodwin