Patents by Inventor Paul Maher

Paul Maher 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).

  • Automatic power saving system and method for power interuptions
    Patent number: 8595532
    Abstract: Automatic power saving for decreasing power demand during a power interruption while maintaining the appearance of full operation of a signal processor including predefined power consuming circuits, a communications interface, and a state machine includes sensing when a power supply interruption has occurred, providing a clock signal, halting the clock signal to the predefined power consuming circuits during a power interruption; and continuing to provide a clock signal to a communications interface regardless of a sensed interruption for maintaining the appearance of normal operations during the sensed interruption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul P. Wright, Thomas Meany, John P. Healy, Shaun Bradley, Kieran Berney, Paul Maher