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Cobley

Andrew J. Cobley, Coventry GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090004382Electroless methods - Methods of electroless metallalization are disclosed. The methods include treating through-holes of printed wiring boards to increase catalyst adsorption on the walls of the through-holes. The increased catalyst adsorption improves electroless metallization of the through-hole walls.01-01-2009

Patent applications by Andrew J. Cobley, Coventry GB

Dominic R. Cobley, Cambridgeshire GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080276062MEMORY MANAGEMENT FOR A MOBILE MULTIMEDIA PROCESSOR - Certain embodiments of the invention may be found in a method for memory management for a mobile multimedia processor. The method may comprise receiving within a mobile multimedia processor chip a plurality of memory requests. The plurality of memory requests may be handled by allocating memory from at least one on-chip memory block and/or at least one off-chip memory block. The memory may be allocated based on a priority level of each of the plurality of memory requests and at least one dynamically settable global memory allocation priority threshold. A new dynamically settable memory allocation priority threshold may be dynamically determined based on a new application and/or by monitoring at least one software process in at least one present application. Additionally, new memory request priority level may be dynamically determined for each memory request in at least one software process in a new application.11-06-2008
20110010519MEMORY MANAGEMENT FOR A MOBILE MULTIMEDIA PROCESSOR - Certain embodiments of the invention may be found in a method for memory management for a mobile multimedia processor. The method may comprise receiving within a mobile multimedia processor chip a plurality of memory requests, and setting a priority level for each of the plurality of received memory requests. Memory from one or both of at least one on-chip memory block and at least one off-chip memory block may be allocated, and one or more of the plurality of received memory requests may be handled, using the allocated memory, based on a corresponding set priority level and at least one dynamically settable memory allocation priority threshold. The priority level may be set based on an expected number of memory accesses and/or a total number of memory accesses per unit time. The off-chip memory block may be placed into a power-saving mode.01-13-2011

Richard A. Cobley, Scranton, PA US

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20110311013SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR PLANT MONITORING AND CONTROL - A system and apparatus for monitoring and control of the operation of various types of industrial plants, including power plants, nuclear power plants and plants including various types of mechanical, electrical and chemical machinery. The invention employs modular non-microprocessor based, non-software based digital hardware that enables communication between sensors and control logic and between the control logic and actuators that control a functional aspect of each plant.12-22-2011