Patents by Inventor Wayne A. Utter

Wayne A. Utter 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: 7279950
    Abstract: A differential clock signal gating method and system is provided, wherein a clock buffer circuit control path develops a clock gating signal with a timing relationship to a clock signal. The clock gating signal gates a buffer on the clock buffer circuit controlled path in communication with the clock signal responsive to a first clock signal pulse negative half. The buffer provides second and successive clock signal pulses occurring immediately and sequentially after the first clock signal pulse as a buffer clock signal output to a second buffer stage in a second stage clock path, each having the nominal clock amplitude and the nominal clock pulse width of the clock signal without jitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hayden C. Cranford, Jr., Stacy J. Garvin, Vernon R. Norman, Samuel T. Ray, Wayne A. Utter