Patents by Inventor Scott M. Rider

Scott M. Rider 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).

  • Patent number: 10903828
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to multi-phase voltage regulator power phase duty cycle control in computer add-in cards. A computer add-in card may include a card body, a first power connector disposed on the card body, a second power connector, one or more multi-phase voltage regulators coupled with one or more of the first power connector and the second power connector, and a processor coupled with the one or more multi-phase voltage regulators, where the processor is to generate one or more power control signals and one or more of the one or more multi-phase voltage regulators is to adjust a duty cycle of one or more power phases in response to the one or more power control signals. In some embodiments, the power control signals may be serial voltage identification signals or may be provided over an inter-integrated circuit bus. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Karen Navarro Castillo, Scott M. Rider
  • Patent number: 10884758
    Abstract: Aspects of the embodiments are directed to propagating an in-band hot reset through an add-in card compliant with a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) protocol. A host system can transmit an in-band hot reset to the add-in card across a link compliant with the PCIe protocol. A non-transparent bridge (NTB) on the add-in card can receive the in-band hot reset and reset configuration registers on the NTB. A system management controller can poll the NTB register values to determine that the polled configuration registers are different from expected values stored on an electrically erasable programmable random access memory (EEPROM). The SMC can signal a warm reset to a peripheral component based on the determination that the polled configuration register value is different from the expected register value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Georges Manuel Faure Vaquero, John Cruz Mejia, Scott M. Rider, David M. Lee
  • Publication number: 20180321948
    Abstract: Aspects of the embodiments are directed to propagating an in-band hot reset through an add-in card compliant with a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) protocol. A host system can transmit an in-band hot reset to the add-in card across a link compliant with the PCIe protocol. A non-transparent bridge (NTB) on the add-in card can receive the in-band hot reset and reset configuration registers on the NTB. A system management controller can poll the NTB register values to determine that the polled configuration registers are different from expected values stored on an electrically erasable programmable random access memory (EEPROM). The SMC can signal a warm reset to a peripheral component based on the determination that the polled configuration register value is different from the expected register value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Georges Manuel Faure Vaquero, John Cruz Mejia, Scott M. Rider, David M. Lee
  • Publication number: 20180302077
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to multi-phase voltage regulator power phase duty cycle control in computer add-in cards. A computer add-in card may include a card body, a first power connector disposed on the card body, a second power connector, one or more multi-phase voltage regulators coupled with one or more of the first power connector and the second power connector, and a processor coupled with the one or more multi-phase voltage regulators, where the processor is to generate one or more power control signals and one or more of the one or more multi-phase voltage regulators is to adjust a duty cycle of one or more power phases in response to the one or more power control signals. In some embodiments, the power control signals may be serial voltage identification signals or may be provided over an inter-integrated circuit bus. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Karen NAVARRO CASTILLO, Scott M. RIDER
  • Patent number: 9983953
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a system including a first computer system including a first memory controller and a first inter-computer transfer interface to send information about write operations over an interconnect to a second computer system. A second computer system includes a second memory controller and a second inter-computer transfer interface to receive the information about the write operations over an interconnect, wherein the write operations are duplicated through the second memory controller. In other embodiments, a system includes a first computer system including a first memory controller and a first inter-computer transfer interface to send information about write operations of the first computer system during a lockstep operation. Still other embodiments are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Privitt, Scott M. Rider
  • Publication number: 20160178475
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes embodiments of a computing system having a circuit for detecting a leak of a liquid in the cooling system and associated techniques and configurations. In some embodiments, the computing system includes a server board having a cooling system, and the circuit, wherein the circuit includes a first conducting element disposed on a substrate and coupled to a first voltage and a second conducting element disposed on the substrate and coupled to a second voltage. The first and second conducting elements are proximately disposed near each other, and the proximate positions are selected such that voltage across the conducting elements changes when a liquid is in simultaneous contact with the two conducting elements. In some embodiments, a detection circuit is coupled to the two electrodes to detect when the liquid is in simultaneous contact with the two conducting elements. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Shankar Krishnan, Scott M. Rider, Wilson E. Smoak
  • Patent number: 9256270
    Abstract: Example embodiments of an apparatus to reduce power consumed by a processor include a timing signal block configured to be coupled to measure the magnitude of an alternating current voltage signal supplied to a processor and to assert a timing signal when the magnitude of the alternating current voltage signal is about equal to zero volts and a throttling block configured to be coupled to the processor, to receive the timing signal and to assert a throttling signal that causes processor speed to be reduced so that processor power consumption is reduced in phase with the alternating current voltage signal and harmonic distortion of a current waveform supplied to the processor is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Scott M. Rider
  • Publication number: 20140215238
    Abstract: Example embodiments of an apparatus to reduce power consumed by a processor include a timing signal block configured to be coupled to measure the magnitude of an alternating current voltage signal supplied to a processor and to assert a timing signal when the magnitude of the alternating current voltage signal is about equal to zero volts and a throttling block configured to be coupled to the processor, to receive the timing signal and to assert a throttling signal that causes processor speed to be reduced so that processor power consumption is reduced in phase with the alternating current voltage signal and harmonic distortion of a current waveform supplied to the processor is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventor: Scott M. Rider
  • Publication number: 20140181435
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a system including a first computer system including a first memory controller and a first inter-computer transfer interface to send information about write operations over an interconnect to a second computer system. A second computer system includes a second memory controller and a second inter-computer transfer interface to receive the information about the write operations over an interconnect, wherein the write operations are duplicated through the second memory controller. In other embodiments, a system includes a first computer system including a first memory controller and a first inter-computer transfer interface to send information about write operations of the first computer system during a lockstep operation. Still other embodiments are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Privitt, Scott M. Rider
  • Patent number: 6020834
    Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a method of transmitting coded data signals over a bus having a limited bandwidth includes: transmitting a first edge of a data pulse and transmitting a second edge of the data pulse. The time period between the transmitted first edge and the transmitted second edge approximates one of a set of different predetermined time periods. Selected different predetermined time periods of the set of different predetermined time periods respectively correspond to unique pluralities of binary digital signals.Briefly, in accordance with another embodiment of the invention, a system comprises a first device, a second device and a bandlimited bus coupling the first device with the second device. At least one of the devices includes the capability to code data signals for transfer over the bus and at least the other device includes the capability to decode the data signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Scott M. Rider