Inventor · Campbell, CA, US

Avigdor Willenz

18Patents
11h-index
13Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: May 1, 1990 → Aug 8, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5398211A Structure and method for providing prioritized arbitration in a dual port memory Physics 84 Expired
US5841722A First-in, first-out (FIFO) buffer Physics 71 Expired
US5923660A Switching ethernet controller Electricity 55 Expired
US5999981A Switching ethernet controller providing packet routing Electricity 32 Expired
US5809557A Memory array comprised of multiple FIFO devices Physics 23 Expired
US5586303A Structure and method for providing a cache memory of selectable sizes Physics 21 Expired
US5386579A Minimum pin-count multiplexed address/data bus with byte enable and burst address counter support microprocessor transmitting byte enable signals on multiplexed address/data bus having burst address counter for supporting signal datum and burst transfer Physics 20 Expired
US5175859A Apparatus for disabling unused cache tag input/output pins during processor reset by sensing pull-down resistors connected to disabled pins Physics 19 Expired
US5553268A Memory operations priority scheme for microprocessors Physics 15 Expired
US5649232A Structure and method for multiple-level read buffer supporting optimal throttled read operations by regulating transfer rate Physics 12 Expired
US5590310A Method and structure for data integrity in a multiple level cache system Physics 11 Expired
USRE38821E1 Switching ethernet controller General 5 Expired
US5517659A Multiplexed status and diagnostic pins in a microprocessor with on-chip caches Physics 5 Expired
US5894176A Flexible reset scheme supporting normal system operation, test and emulation modes Physics 3 Expired
USRE39514E1 Switching ethernet controller General 1 Expired
USRE41464E1 Switching ethernet controller providing packet routing General 0 Expired
USRE44151E1 Switching ethernet controller General 0 Active
USRE43058E1 Switching ethernet controller General 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.