Patents by Inventor Narciso Mera

Narciso Mera 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).

  • Power converter for a memory module
    Patent number: 9627028
    Abstract: An apparatus including a memory module and power converter and method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a memory module, located on a circuit board, configured to operate from a first voltage and a second voltage being a multiple of the first voltage. The apparatus also includes a power converter employing a switched-capacitor power train, located on the circuit board, configured to provide the second voltage for the memory module from the first voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Enpirion, Inc.
    Inventors: Narciso Mera, Douglas Dean Lopata, Ashraf W. Lotfi
  • POWER CONVERTER FOR A MEMORY MODULE
    Publication number: 20140369147
    Abstract: An apparatus including a memory module and power converter and method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a memory module, located on a circuit board, configured to operate from a first voltage and a second voltage being a multiple of the first voltage. The apparatus also includes a power converter employing a switched-capacitor power train, located on the circuit board, configured to provide the second voltage for the memory module from the first voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: ENPIRION, INC.
    Inventors: Narciso Mera, Douglas Dean Lopata, Ashraf W. Lotfi
  • Power converter for a memory module
    Patent number: 8867295
    Abstract: An apparatus including a memory module and power converter and method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a memory module, located on a circuit board, configured to operate from a first voltage and a second voltage being a multiple of the first voltage. The apparatus also includes a power converter employing a switched-capacitor power train, located on the circuit board, configured to provide the second voltage for the memory module from the first voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Enpirion, Inc.
    Inventors: Narciso Mera, Douglas Dean Lopata, Ashraf W. Lotfi
  • Power Converter for a Memory Module
    Publication number: 20120154013
    Abstract: An apparatus including a memory module and power converter and method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a memory module, located on a circuit board, configured to operate from a first voltage and a second voltage being a multiple of the first voltage. The apparatus also includes a power converter employing a switched-capacitor power train, located on the circuit board, configured to provide the second voltage for the memory module from the first voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Narciso Mera, Douglas Dean Lopata, Ashraf W. Lotfi
  • Dynamically configurable architecture for mixed data processing
    Patent number: 7530070
    Abstract: There is disclosed a communications infrastructure that can be dynamically reconfigured over a wide range of application combinations from being dedicated to one application to any combination of the first application and a second application. The communications infrastructure includes a plurality of processors coupled to a shared bus and a shared system memory. Instructions to implement the first and second function are stored in system memory and available to each processor over the bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Agere Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Narciso Mera, John Patrick Sweeney