Patents by Inventor Scott Paul Allan

Scott Paul Allan 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).

  • Apparatus and method of tuning a digitally controlled input/output driver
    Patent number: 7167020
    Abstract: Apparatus and method of tuning a digitally controlled input/output (I/O) driver of an integrated circuit for parameter variation compensation, a bus impedance of the I/O driver being controlled by a first digital code comprises in one embodiment: controlling a bus impedance of a reference I/O driver network by a second digital code; monitoring a voltage potential of the bus and generating the second digital code based on the monitored bus voltage potential; and tuning the second digital code to generate the first digital code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Scott Paul Allan