Patents by Inventor Robert Saponas

Robert Saponas 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).

  • System and method for adjusting a serial communications link
    Patent number: 8018989
    Abstract: A system for adjusting a serial communications link includes a system under test including at least one transmitter and at least one receiver coupled together via a serial data communications link, wherein at least one of the transmitter and the receiver has at least one tunable parameter, at least one controller coupled to at least one of a transmitter and a receiver via a joint test action group JTAG interface, and logic configured to adjust the at least one tunable parameter to optimize a performance of the serial data communications link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Nygaard, Jr., Robert Saponas, William C. Schulze, Hugh S. Conely Wallace
  • System and method for measuring and depicting performance of a serial communications link
    Patent number: 7870445
    Abstract: A system for measuring performance of a serial communications link includes a system under test including at least one transmitter and at least one receiver coupled together via a serial data communications link, wherein at least one of the transmitter and the receiver has at least one tunable parameter, at least one controller coupled to at least one of a transmitter and a receiver via a joint test action group JTAG interface, and logic configured to perform a bit error ratio test (BERT) at a plurality of receiver phase locations over a defined time period and concluding the BERT for a particular phase location if a BERT error count is greater than 0 at the particular phase location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Saponas, Richard A. Nygaard, Jr.
  • System And Method For Adjusting A Serial Communications Link
    Publication number: 20100309968
    Abstract: A system for adjusting a serial communications link includes a system under test including at least one transmitter and at least one receiver coupled together via a serial data communications link, wherein at least one of the transmitter and the receiver has at least one tunable parameter, at least one controller coupled to at least one of a transmitter and a receiver via a joint test action group JTAG interface, and logic configured to adjust the at least one tunable parameter to optimize a performance of the serial data communications link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Richard A. Nygaard, JR., Robert Saponas, William C. Schulze, Hugh S. Conely Wallace
  • System And Method For Measuring And Depicting Performance Of A Serial Communications Link
    Publication number: 20090164854
    Abstract: A system for measuring performance of a serial communications link includes a system under test including at least one transmitter and at least one receiver coupled together via a serial data communications link, wherein at least one of the transmitter and the receiver has at least one tunable parameter, at least one controller coupled to at least one of a transmitter and a receiver via a joint test action group JTAG interface, and logic configured to perform a bit error ratio test (BERT) at a plurality of receiver phase locations over a defined time period and concluding the BERT for a particular phase location if a BERT error count is greater than 0 at the particular phase location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Robert Saponas, Richard A. Nygaard, JR.