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Charles Boecker, Ames, IA US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
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| 20090316728 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ENCODE AND SYNCHRONIZE A SERIAL INTERFACE - The present disclosure is generally directed to a method and apparatus to communicate data between two or more semiconductor devices. In an embodiment, a method includes synchronizing a master device with a slave device, where the master device includes a semiconductor device. Synchronizing includes transmitting a first synchronization marker data pattern via a first serial interface from the master device at a first time, and receiving a second synchronization marker data pattern via a second serial interface at the master device at a second time in response to transmitting the first synchronization marker data pattern. Synchronizing also includes determining, based at least in part on the first time and the second time, a third time when a reply is to be received by the master device in response to a request transmitted from the master device to the slave device. | 12-24-2009 |
Charles W. Boecker, Ames, IA US
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| 20090116585 | ANALOG FRONT-END HAVING BUILT-IN EQUALIZATION AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - An analog front-end having built-in equalization includes a control module and a tunable gain stage. The control module is operably coupled to provide a frequency response setting based on a channel response of a channel providing high-speed serial data to the analog front-end. The tunable gain stage includes a frequency dependent load and an amplifier input section. The frequency dependent load is adjusted based on the frequency response setting. The amplifier input section is operably coupled to the frequency dependent load and receives the high-speed serial data. In conjunction with the frequency dependent load, the amplifier input section amplifies and equalizes the high-speed serial data to produce an amplified and equalized serial data. | 05-07-2009 |
Douglas M. Boecker, Rochester, MN US
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| 20090282416 | VITAL PRODUCT DATA COLLECTION DURING PRE-STANDBY AND SYSTEM INITIAL PROGRAM LOAD - A system for selectively recollecting vital product data during an initial program load at data processing system power on. In response to receiving an input to power on a data processing system, a resource location code array table is accessed within a set of selected tables for the data processing system based on machine type. The selected set of tables is located in firmware within a service processor. An entry for a resource in the resource location code array table is read to determine whether the entry includes a no recollect tag. Then, in response to determining that the entry for the resource in the resource location code array table does include a no recollect tag, vital product data for the resource is not recollected during the initial program load. | 11-12-2009 |
Douglas Michael Boecker, Rochester, MN US
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| 20080228975 | DEVICE ADDRESS LOCKING TO FACILITATE OPTIMUM USAGE OF THE INDUSTRY STANDARD IIC BUS - A mechanism is provided for locking an end device for the period of time that the device is needed, thus disabling access by any other application or process. Having the device locked, rather than the bus, allows other applications to use the bus to access other devices at the same time. This is achieved by providing a virtual bus arbitration, which arbitrates applications' use of the physical bus. The virtual bus arbitration algorithms allow bus operations from different applications to overlap on the physical bus as long as their target devices and associated bus locks are on different end devices. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20100131685 | HARDWARE CONFIGURATION INFORMATION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A method for determining configuration information to be reported comprises accessing a table corresponding to a configuration resource associated with the configuration information, wherein the table comprises an entry for each hardware configuration definition to be built for the configuration resource, identifying a seed value in the table corresponding to the configuration resource, and modifying the seed value based on a result of processing each entry indicated by the table. | 05-27-2010 |
Jim Boecker, Houston, TX US
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| 20110080807 | METHOD FOR COLLISION RISK MITIGATION USING INTELLIGENT NON-INVASIVE ULTRASONIC SENSORS FOR DIRECTIONAL DRILLING - A method of directional drilling which comprises an intelligent non-invasive ultrasonic sensors that can detect the approaching of an existing well and then can stop and redirect the directional drilling to prevent collisions with preexisting wells. | 04-07-2011 |