Patents by Inventor Robert M. Trepp

Robert M. Trepp 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).

  • Optimization of storage and power consumption with soft error predictor-corrector
    Patent number: 6986078
    Abstract: A method and system for mitigating the impact of radiation induced in a data processor incorporating integrated circuits. The method comprises the steps of determining the location of the data processor, determining a set of radiation sources and intensities at that location, and estimating the soft error rate of the data processor as a function of the determined radiation intensities and geometric characteristics of said integrated circuits to provide an estimate value. The data processor is modified (either hardware or software) in response to the estimate value at times the estimate value exceeds a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth P. Rodbell, Henry H. K. Tang, Robert M. Trepp, Robert Chi-Foon Wong
  • Optimization of storage and power consumption with soft error predictor-corrector
    Publication number: 20040030956
    Abstract: A method and system for mitigating the impact of radiation induced in a data processor incorporating integrated circuits. The method comprises the steps of determining the location of the data processor, determining a set of radiation sources and intensities at that location, and estimating the soft error rate of the data processor as a function of the determined radiation intensities and geometric characteristics of said integrated circuits to provide an estimate value. The data processor is modified (either hardware or software) in response to the estimate value at times the estimate value exceeds a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth P. Rodbell, Henry H.K. Tang, Robert M. Trepp, Robert Chi-Foon Wong