Patents by Inventor Thomas Dougherty
Thomas Dougherty 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: 11921647Abstract: A system can include a plurality of sequencers each configured to provide a number of sequenced output signals responsive to assertion of a respective sequencer enable signal provided thereto. The system can include chaining circuitry coupled to the plurality of sequencers. The chaining circuitry can comprise logic to: responsive to assertion of a primary enable signal received thereby, assert respective sequencer enable signals provided to the plurality of sequencers in accordance with a first sequence; and responsive to deassertion of the primary enable signal, assert the respective sequencer enable signals provided to the plurality of sequencers in accordance with a second sequence.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2023Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Keith A Benjamin, Thomas Dougherty
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Patent number: 11868280Abstract: A system can include a plurality of sequencers each configured to provide a number of sequenced output signals responsive to assertion of a respective sequencer enable signal provided thereto. The system can include chaining circuitry coupled to the plurality of sequencers. The chaining circuitry can comprise logic to: responsive to assertion of a primary enable signal received thereby, assert respective sequencer enable signals provided to the plurality of sequencers in accordance with a first sequence; and responsive to deassertion of the primary enable signal, assert the respective sequencer enable signals provided to the plurality of sequencers in accordance with a second sequence.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2023Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Keith A Benjamin, Thomas Dougherty
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Publication number: 20230218069Abstract: Embodiments herein describe a secure handheld device holder for securely holding handheld devices such as binoculars, a telescope, a range finder, or any other handheld device. The holder is held adjacent to the torso of a person using straps with buckles. The straps may go around the torso and around the shoulders. The holder allows placement into the holder and removal from the holder of the handheld device using only one hand.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventor: Thomas Dougherty
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Publication number: 20230145999Abstract: A system can include a plurality of sequencers each configured to provide a number of sequenced output signals responsive to assertion of a respective sequencer enable signal provided thereto. The system can include chaining circuitry coupled to the plurality of sequencers. The chaining circuitry can comprise logic to: responsive to assertion of a primary enable signal received thereby, assert respective sequencer enable signals provided to the plurality of sequencers in accordance with a first sequence; and responsive to deassertion of the primary enable signal, assert the respective sequencer enable signals provided to the plurality of sequencers in accordance with a second sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2023Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Keith A. Benjamin, Thomas Dougherty
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Patent number: 11544203Abstract: A system can include a plurality of sequencers each configured to provide a number of sequenced output signals responsive to assertion of a respective sequencer enable signal provided thereto. The system can include chaining circuitry coupled to the plurality of sequencers. The chaining circuitry can comprise logic to: responsive to assertion of a primary enable signal received thereby, assert respective sequencer enable signals provided to the plurality of sequencers in accordance with a first sequence; and responsive to deassertion of the primary enable signal, assert the respective sequencer enable signals provided to the plurality of sequencers in accordance with a second sequence.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Keith A. Benjamin, Thomas Dougherty
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Patent number: 11353942Abstract: A system can comprise a memory device and sequencing circuitry configured to provide enable signals to a number of voltage regulators in association with providing sequenced power signals to the memory device. The system can include voltage threshold detection circuitry configured to: detect primary supply voltage events; and responsive to detecting a primary supply voltage event, deassert a timer enable signal provided to timing circuitry. The timing circuitry is configured to, responsive to the deassertion of the timer enable signal: deassert a primary enable signal provided to the sequencing circuitry; and maintain the primary enable signal in a deasserted state for a particular amount of time prior to reasserting the primary enable signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Keith A. Benjamin, Thomas Dougherty
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Publication number: 20210200693Abstract: A system can include a plurality of sequencers each configured to provide a number of sequenced output signals responsive to assertion of a respective sequencer enable signal provided thereto. The system can include chaining circuitry coupled to the plurality of sequencers. The chaining circuitry can comprise logic to: responsive to assertion of a primary enable signal received thereby, assert respective sequencer enable signals provided to the plurality of sequencers in accordance with a first sequence; and responsive to deassertion of the primary enable signal, assert the respective sequencer enable signals provided to the plurality of sequencers in accordance with a second sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Keith A. Benjamin, Thomas Dougherty
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Publication number: 20210200292Abstract: A system can comprise a memory device and sequencing circuitry configured to provide enable signals to a number of voltage regulators in association with providing sequenced power signals to the memory device. The system can include voltage threshold detection circuitry configured to: detect primary supply voltage events; and responsive to detecting a primary supply voltage event, deassert a timer enable signal provided to timing circuitry. The timing circuitry is configured to, responsive to the deassertion of the timer enable signal: deassert a primary enable signal provided to the sequencing circuitry; and maintain the primary enable signal in a deasserted state for a particular amount of time prior to reasserting the primary enable signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Keith A. Benjamin, Thomas Dougherty
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Patent number: 10877541Abstract: A system can comprise a memory device and sequencing circuitry configured to provide enable signals to a number of voltage regulators in association with providing sequenced power signals to the memory device. The system can include voltage threshold detection circuitry configured to: detect primary supply voltage events; and responsive to detecting a primary supply voltage event, deassert a timer enable signal provided to timing circuitry. The timing circuitry is configured to, responsive to the deassertion of the timer enable signal: deassert a primary enable signal provided to the sequencing circuitry; and maintain the primary enable signal in a deasserted state for a particular amount of time prior to reasserting the primary enable signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Keith A. Benjamin, Thomas Dougherty
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Patent number: 10693193Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to bi-polar plates for use in lead-acid batteries, and methods of making the same. The bi-polar plates of the present disclosure comprise first and second conductive plates of lead joined by a plurality of connections through a plastic substrate. The connections may be formed by welding or in the process of casting the conductive plates, resulting in connections that are chemically homogenous with the conductive plates themselves. In addition, the welding and casting processes of the present disclosure offer significant time savings in the production of bi-polar plates.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: TROJAN BATTERY COMPANY, LLCInventors: Thomas Dougherty, Raymond Jurek, Jesus Florencio Perez Lopez
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Publication number: 20190386345Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to bi-polar plates for use in lead-acid batteries, and methods of making the same. The bi-polar plates of the present disclosure comprise first and second conductive plates of lead joined by a plurality of connections through a plastic substrate. The connections may be formed by welding or in the process of casting the conductive plates, resulting in connections that are chemically homogenous with the conductive plates themselves. In addition, the welding and casting processes of the present disclosure offer significant time savings in the production of bi-polar plates.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2018Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Thomas DOUGHERTY, Raymond JUREK, Jesus Florencio Perez LOPEZ
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Publication number: 20080106846Abstract: A method of forming a conductor on a substrate including steps of depositing tantalum on a glass layer of the substrate; oxidizing the tantalum; and depositing a noble metal on the oxidized tantalum to form the conductor. The method can be used to form a ferroelectric capacitor or other thin film ferroelectric device. The device can include a substrate comprising a glass layer; and an electrode connected to the glass layer. The electrode comprising can include a noble metal connected to the glass layer by an adhesion layer comprising Ta2O5.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2007Publication date: May 8, 2008Inventors: John Drab, Thomas Dougherty, Kathleen Kehle
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Publication number: 20070239374Abstract: A method for monitoring a battery installed in a vehicle includes utilizing a system provided within the vehicle to determine that a test of the battery should be performed when a first condition is satisfied. The method also includes electrically coupling at least one vehicle load to the battery and utilizing the system to analyze the response of the battery to the at least one vehicle load coupled to the battery. The system may be utilized to determine the state of health of the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2005Publication date: October 11, 2007Inventors: Thomas Dougherty, William Wruck, Deeyu Chen, Ronald Miles, Michael Thompson
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Patent number: 7263066Abstract: A credit-based system and method are provided for managing backplane traffic flow in a packet communications switch fabric. The method comprises: accepting information packets including cells and cell headers with destination information; modifying the destination information in the received cell headers; routing information packets between an input port card and output port cards on backplane data links through an intervening crossbar; at the input port card, maintaining a credit counter for each output port card channel; decrementing the counter in response to transmitting cells from the input port card; generating credits in response to transmitting cells from an output port card channel; and, using modified destination information, sending the generated credits to increment the counter. In some aspects, modifying the destination information in the received packet headers includes: extracting the output port card termination from the card field; and, inserting the input port card source in the card field.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2003Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Applied Micro Circuits CorporationInventors: Kenneth Yi Yun, Jianfeng Shi, Viet Linh Do, Michael John Hellmer, Kevin Warren James, Kirk Alvin Miller, Sushil Kumar Singh, David Thomas Dougherty, John Calvin Leung
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Publication number: 20070182639Abstract: A tunable impedance surface includes a varactor. The varactor comprises a bottom electrode formed on a surface of a substrate. First and second ferroelectric elements are on top of the bottom electrode and electrically connected to one another through the bottom electrode. A first top electrode is on top of and electrically connected to the first ferroelectric element and a second top electrode is on top of and electrically connected to the second ferroelectric element.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2006Publication date: August 9, 2007Inventors: Daniel Sievenpiper, Thomas Dougherty, John Drab, Solomon Robinson
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Patent number: 7242686Abstract: A system and method are provided for communicating TDM communications through a packet switch fabric. The method comprises: accepting native TDM frames; converting the native TDM frames to fabric-cellified TDM frames; differentiating the cells of each frame into time slots; interleaving the frame time slots; TDM scheduling the interleaved frame time slots; and, routing the interleaved frame time slots between input port cards and output port cards on backplane data links through an intervening crossbar. TDM scheduling the interleaved frame time slots includes: an input port card ingress memory subsystem (iMS) receiving a first TDM configuration schedule including interleaved frame time slots cross-referenced to backplane transmission times; and, an output port card egress MS (eMS) receiving a second TDM configuration schedule including interleaved frame time slots cross-referenced to egress channel transmission times. Then, the routing is performed in response to the TDM schedules.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2003Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Assignee: Applied Micro Circuits CorporationInventors: David Thomas Dougherty, Michael Alec Sluyski, Kenneth Yi Yun, George Beshara Bendak, John David Huber, Kirk Alvin Miller, Peter John Holzer
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Patent number: 7209453Abstract: A system and method are provided for tolerating control link faults in a packet communications switch fabric. The method comprises: accepting information packets including a plurality of cells, at a plurality of port card ports, the plurality of information packets addressing a plurality of port card ports; selectively connecting port card ports to port card backplane data links; in response to backplane control link communications, selectively connecting port card backplane data links and crossbars; sensing a connection fault in a control link; and, in response to sensing the control link fault, reselecting connections between the port card ports and the port card backplane data links. In some aspects, selectively connecting port card backplane data links and crossbars includes: for a particular backplane data link, fixedly connecting each port card to a corresponding interface of an assigned crossbar; and, selectively enabling the connection to each crossbar.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2003Date of Patent: April 24, 2007Assignee: Applied Micro Circuits CorporationInventors: Kenneth Yi Yun, Michael John Hellmer, David Thomas Dougherty, Philip Michael Clovis, Eli James Aubrey Fernald, Peter John Holzer
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Publication number: 20060204437Abstract: A compound comprising a chemical combination of a photodynamic tetra-pyrrolic compound with a plurality of radionuclide element atoms such that the compound may be used to enhance MR imaging and also be used as a photodynamic compound for use in photodynamic therapy to treat hyperproliferative tissue. The preferred compounds have the structural formula: where R1, R2, R2a R3, R3a R4, R5, R5a R6, R7, R7a, and R8 cumulatively contain at least two functional groups that will complex or combine with an MR imaging enhancing element or ion. The compound is intended to include such complexes and combinations and includes the use of such compounds for MR imaging and photodynamic therapy treatment of tumors and other hyperproliferative tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2006Publication date: September 14, 2006Applicant: Health Research, Inc.Inventors: Ravindra Pandey, Zachary Grossman, Peter Kanter, Thomas Dougherty
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Publication number: 20060132141Abstract: A battery monitoring system includes a component for determining the magnitude of current flowing through a battery cable based on a magnetic field produced by the current. The component is configured to provide an output signal representative of the magnitude of current for use in characterizing the battery. A method for characterizing a battery utilizing a battery monitoring system includes inferring a magnitude of battery current based on a magnetic field generated by current flowing through a battery cable coupled to the battery. The battery monitoring system is adapted to characterize the battery utilizing at least one mathematical construct.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2003Publication date: June 22, 2006Inventors: Thomas Dougherty, William Wruck, Chih Chen
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Patent number: 7002996Abstract: A system and method have been provided for synchronizing the timing of line cards and switch cards in a broadband switch. Synchronization is accomplished using an auxiliary data link between the line and switch cards. One of the switch cards is selected as the master switch card. The master switch card receives timing information from the line cards, and in turn, sends timing correction signals to each of the line cards. Each line card acquires synchronization using its respective timing correction. A master line card is selected from among the line cards, and the slave switch cards adopt the timing of the master line card, becoming synchronized to the master switch card.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2001Date of Patent: February 21, 2006Assignee: Applied Micro Circuits CorporationInventors: David Thomas Dougherty, Philip Michael Clovis