Patents by Inventor R. Atwood
R. Atwood 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).
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Patent number: 11079406Abstract: A die probe including a probe tip operably connected to a first surface of a thin film; a metal trace, wherein a first portion of the metal trace is operably connected to a second surface of the thin film, the second surface of the thin film opposite the first surface of the thin film; and an upper space transformer, wherein a second portion of the metal trace is operably connected to the upper space transformer, wherein a pressurized liquid and/or gas is configured to expand a space between the second surface of the thin film and the upper space transformer.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Eugene R. Atwood
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Publication number: 20180059138Abstract: A die probe including a probe tip operably connected to a first surface of a thin film; a metal trace, wherein a first portion of the metal trace is operably connected to a second surface of the thin film, the second surface of the thin film opposite the first surface of the thin film; and an upper space transformer, wherein a second portion of the metal trace is operably connected to the upper space transformer, wherein a pressurized liquid and/or gas is configured to expand a space between the second surface of the thin film and the upper space transformer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventor: Eugene R. Atwood
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Patent number: 9588177Abstract: Technical solutions are described for optimizing a set of test configurations used for testing an electronic circuit that includes latches. An example method includes receiving a test configuration that includes settings that initiate a set of predetermined input values and corresponding expected output values. The method also includes evaluating the test configuration by executing the electronic circuit according to the test configuration and recording parametric data during the execution, where the parametric data is representative of switching activity of the latches in the electronic circuit. The evaluation includes analyzing the parametric data to identify presence of a predetermined pattern in the switching activity and selecting the test configuration based on the predetermined pattern being absent/present in the switching activity.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2016Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Eugene R. Atwood, Mary P. Kusko, Paul J. Logsdon, Franco Motika, Andrew A. Turner
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Patent number: 9582138Abstract: A sever with processor(s) and memory provides a user interface to a client device for presentation to a user including user interface objects corresponding to functions of an online application. The server obtains a user profile for the user, including performance metrics of the user and determines whether to provide informative materials to the client device based on the user profile. In accordance with a determination that the informative materials are to be superimposed on the user interface, the server: determines a portion of the informative materials to be provided to the client device based on the performance metrics of the user; and provides the portion of the informative materials to the client device for presentation to the user, including media content overlaid on the user interface. The server responds to user interaction with any of the user interface objects by performing corresponding functions of the online application.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2014Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignees: CLOUD COACHING INTERNATIONAL LLC, CCI LABS, LLCInventors: Walter Rogers, James J. Cossetta, Rick D. Kerry, Wade G. Mastro, Patrick R. Atwood
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Patent number: 9454874Abstract: Systems for validating wagering game data are described herein. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an application program configured to transmit a request for wagering game data. The apparatus can also include a wagering game data security controller configured to detect the request. The wagering game data security controller can include a wagering game data processor configured to fetch the wagering game data and a reference value from a data store. The wagering game data security controller can also include a wagering game data validator configured to compute a comparison value based on the wagering game data, and to determine whether the comparison value is equal to the reference value. The wagering game data security controller can also include a notifier unit configured to present a notification if the comparison value is not equal to the reference value.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2008Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: BALLY GAMING, INC.Inventors: Erhard W. Rathsack, Anussorn Veradej, Andrew R. Atwood
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Patent number: 9209948Abstract: Testing a Decision Feedback Equalizer (‘DFE’), the DFE including a summing amplifier operatively coupled to a plurality of latches and an input signal line for receiving a data signal, including: preventing a differential data signal from being received by the summing amplifier; and iteratively for each tap to be tested: setting a tap coefficient for each tap to zero; setting an output of the plurality of latches to a predetermined value; setting a tap coefficient for the tap to be tested to a full scale value; and determining whether a resultant output signal from the DFE matches a predetermined expected output signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2015Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Eugene R. Atwood, Matthew B. Baecher, Minhan Chen, Hayden C. Cranford, Jr., William R. Kelly, Todd M. Rasmus
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Publication number: 20150337425Abstract: Articles, such as tubing or strips, which have excellent corrosion resistance to water or steam at elevated temperatures, are produced from alloys having 0.2 to 1.5 weight percent niobium, 0.01 to 0.6 weight percent iron, and optionally additional alloy elements selected from the group consisting of tin, chromium, copper, vanadium, and nickel with the balance at least 97 weight percent zirconium, including impurities, where a necessary final heat treatment includes one of i) a SRA or PRXA (15-20% RXA) final heat treatment, or ii) a PRXA (80-95% RXA) or RXA final heat treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2015Publication date: November 26, 2015Applicant: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, LLC.Inventors: JOHN P. FOSTER, ROBERT J. COMSTOCK, ANDREW R. ATWOOD, GUIRONG PAN, ANAND GARDE, MATS DAHLBACK, JONNA PARTEZANA MUNDORFF, ANDREW J. MUELLER
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Publication number: 20150145710Abstract: Testing a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), where the test is carried out iteratively for a plurality of digital test signal values, includes: providing the digital test signal to a DAC under test and to a servo; providing, by the DAC under test to a summer, an analog test signal, including converting the digital test signal to the analog test signal; providing, by the summer to an observation latch, a summed signal, including summing the analog test signal and an analog offset signal, the analog offset signal received from a second DAC; providing, by the observation latch to the servo, a sample of the summed signal; providing, by the servo to the second DAC in dependence upon the sample and the digital test signal, a digital offset signal, where the second DAC converts the digital offset signal to the analog offset signal; and storing, as a digital observation, the digital offset signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2013Publication date: May 28, 2015Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: EUGENE R. ATWOOD, MATTHEW B. BAECHER, WILLIAM R. KELLY, JOSEPH F. LOGAN, PINPING SUN
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Patent number: 9041572Abstract: Testing a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), where the test is carried out iteratively for a plurality of digital test signal values, includes: providing the digital test signal to a DAC under test and to a servo; providing, by the DAC under test to a summer, an analog test signal, including converting the digital test signal to the analog test signal; providing, by the summer to an observation latch, a summed signal, including summing the analog test signal and an analog offset signal, the analog offset signal received from a second DAC; providing, by the observation latch to the servo, a sample of the summed signal; providing, by the servo to the second DAC in dependence upon the sample and the digital test signal, a digital offset signal, where the second DAC converts the digital offset signal to the analog offset signal; and storing, as a digital observation, the digital offset signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Eugene R. Atwood, Matthew B. Baecher, William R. Kelly, Joseph F. Logan, Pinping Sun
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Publication number: 20150131707Abstract: Testing a Decision Feedback Equalizer (‘DFE’), the DFE including a summing amplifier operatively coupled to a plurality of latches and an input signal line for receiving a data signal, including: preventing a differential data signal from being received by the summing amplifier; and iteratively for each tap to be tested: setting a tap coefficient for each tap to zero; setting an output of the plurality of latches to a predetermined value; setting a tap coefficient for the tap to be tested to a full scale value; and determining whether a resultant output signal from the DFE matches a predetermined expected output signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2015Publication date: May 14, 2015Inventors: EUGENE R. ATWOOD, MATTHEW B. BAECHER, MINHAN CHEN, HAYDEN C. CRANFORD, JR., WILLIAM R. KELLY, TODD M. RASMUS
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Patent number: 9014254Abstract: Testing a Decision Feedback Equalizer (‘DFE’), the DFE including a summing amplifier operatively coupled to a plurality of latches and an input signal line for receiving a data signal, including: preventing a differential data signal from being received by the summing amplifier; and iteratively for each tap to be tested: setting a tap coefficient for each tap to zero; setting an output of the plurality of latches to a predetermined value; setting a tap coefficient for the tap to be tested to a full scale value; and determining whether a resultant output signal from the DFE matches a predetermined expected output signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2013Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Eugene R. Atwood, Matthew B. Baecher, Minhan Chen, Hayden C. Cranford, Jr., William R. Kelly, Todd M. Rasmus
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Publication number: 20150019989Abstract: A sever with processor(s) and memory provides a user interface to a client device for presentation to a user including user interface objects corresponding to functions of an online application. The server obtains a user profile for the user, including performance metrics of the user and determines whether to provide informative materials to the client device based on the user profile. In accordance with a determination that the informative materials are to be superimposed on the user interface, the server: determines a portion of the informative materials to be provided to the client device based on the performance metrics of the user; and provides the portion of the informative materials to the client device for presentation to the user, including media content overlaid on the user interface. The server responds to user interaction with any of the user interface objects by performing corresponding functions of the online application.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Walter Rogers, James J. Cossetta, Rick D. Kerry, Wade G. Mastro, Patrick R. Atwood
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Publication number: 20140376603Abstract: Testing a Decision Feedback Equalizer (‘DFE’), the DFE including a summing amplifier operatively coupled to a plurality of latches and an input signal line for receiving a data signal, including: preventing a differential data signal from being received by the summing amplifier; and iteratively for each tap to be tested: setting a tap coefficient for each tap to zero; setting an output of the plurality of latches to a predetermined value; setting a tap coefficient for the tap to be tested to a full scale value; and determining whether a resultant output signal from the DFE matches a predetermined expected output signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2013Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: EUGENE R. ATWOOD, MATTHEW B. BAECHER, MINHAN CHEN, HAYDEN C. CRANFORD, Jr., WILLIAM R. KELLY, TODD M. RASMUS
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Patent number: 8850315Abstract: An electronic device with one or more processors and memory provides a user interface for presentation to a user including a plurality user interface objects corresponding to functions of an online application. The device determines whether to superimpose a portion of the informative materials on the user interface. In accordance with a determination that the portion of the informative materials is to be superimposed on the user interface, the device provides the portion of the informative materials for presentation to the user, including: media content overlaid on the user interface; and a focus indicator overlaid on the user interface that is configured to draw the respective user's attention to one or more user interface objects of the user interface in coordination with the media content. The device responds to user interaction with a user interface objects by performing a corresponding function of the online application.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2013Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignees: Cloud Coaching International LLC, 4What LLCInventors: Walter Rogers, James J. Cossetta, Rick D. Kerry, Wade G. Mastro, Patrick R. Atwood
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Publication number: 20100081499Abstract: Systems for validating wagering game data are described herein. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an application program configured to transmit a request for wagering game data. The apparatus can also include a wagering game data security controller configured to detect the request. The wagering game data security controller can include a wagering game data processor configured to fetch the wagering game data and a reference value from a data store. The wagering game data security controller can also include a wagering game data validator configured to compute a comparison value based on the wagering game data, and to determine whether the comparison value is equal to the reference value. The wagering game data security controller can also include a notifier unit configured to present a notification if the comparison value is not equal to the reference value.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2008Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: WMS Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Erhard W. Rathsack, Anussom Veradej, Andrew R. Atwood
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Publication number: 20050194083Abstract: A refrigerant storage tank labeling system having a removable labeling apparatus. The system includes a refrigerant storage tank and a sleeve. The sleeve has a tubular shape and a predetermined size. The sleeve is in removable fitting relation at least partially about the circumference of the tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2005Publication date: September 8, 2005Inventors: Steven Barnes, R. Atwood
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Patent number: 6656770Abstract: Solder compositions are introduced to interface between an IC chip and its associated heat exchanger cover. The solder compositions have a solidus-liquidus temperature range that encompasses the IC chip operational temperature range. The solder composition has the desired property of absorbing and rejecting heat energy by changing state or phase with each temperature rise and decline that result from temperature fluctuations associated with the thermal cycles of the integrated circuit chips. The electronic module cover is a cap with a heat exchanger formed or attached as a single construction, and made of the same material as the substrate, or made with materials of compatible thermal coefficients of expansion to mitigate the effects of vertical displacement during thermal cycling.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2001Date of Patent: December 2, 2003Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Eugene R. Atwood, Joseph A. Benenati, Giulio DiGiacomo, Horatio Quinones
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Publication number: 20010026957Abstract: Solder compositions are introduced to interface between an IC chip and its associated heat exchanger cover. The solder compositions have a solidus-liquidus temperature range that encompasses the IC chip operational temperature range. The solder composition has the desired property of absorbing and rejecting heat energy by changing state or phase with each temperature rise and decline that result from temperature fluctuations associated with the thermal cycles of the integrated circuit chips.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2001Publication date: October 4, 2001Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Eugene R. Atwood, Joseph A. Benenati, Giulio DiGiacomo, Horatio Quinones
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Patent number: 6281573Abstract: Solder compositions are introduced to interface between an IC chip and its associated heat exchanger cover. The solder compositions have a solidus-liquidus temperature range that encompasses the IC chip operational temperature range. The solder composition has the desired property of absorbing and rejecting heat energy by changing state or phase with each temperature rise and decline that result from temperature fluctuations associated with the thermal cycles of the integrated circuit chips. A path for high thermal conduction (low thermal resistance) from the IC chip to the heat exchanger to the ambient air is provided by an electronic module cover, configured as a cap with a heat exchanger formed or attached as a single construction, and made of the same material as the substrate, or made with materials of compatible thermal coefficients of expansion to mitigate the effects of vertical displacement during thermal cycling.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 1998Date of Patent: August 28, 2001Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Eugene R. Atwood, Joseph A. Benenati, Giulio DiGiacomo, Horatio Quinones
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Patent number: 6212070Abstract: A heat sink in a heat transfer relationship with a substrate such as an integrated chip, chip carrier, or other electronic package. The heat sink is connected to a frame which is connected to a printed circuit board or other suitable support on which the substrate is positioned. The heat sink, which extends through an aperture in the frame is coupled to a surface of the substrate. The heat sink is mechanically decoupled from the substrate. Large heat sinks may be thermally connected to surface mount substrates mounted using technologies such as ceramic ball or column grid arrays, plastic ball or column grid arrays, or solder balls or columns. The heat sink is attached coaxially through the aperture to the substrate. After assembly and lead/tin or other metallic surface mount interconnects are relaxed such that the substrate and is completely supported by the frame and the heat sink imparts zero or nearly zero downward force.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 1998Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Eugene R. Atwood, Joseph A. Benenati, James J. Dankelman, Horatio Quinones, Karl J. Puttlitz, Eric J. Kastberg