Inventor · Portland, OR, US

Ken Drottar

40Patents
12h-index
36Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 11, 1998 → Sep 20, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6333929A Packet format for a distributed system Electricity 118 Expired
US6343067B1 Method and apparatus for failure and recovery in a computer network Electricity 98 Expired
US6170025A Distributed computer system supporting remote interrupts and lock mechanism Electricity 81 Expired
US6181704A Method and apparatus for input/output link retry, failure and recovery in a computer network Electricity 71 Expired
US6683850B1 Method and apparatus for controlling the flow of data between servers Electricity 58 Expired
US7217040B2 Blind mate optical connector Physics 47 Expired
US6147366A On chip CMOS optical element Electricity 38 Expired
US6943606B2 Phase interpolator to interpolate between a plurality of clock phases Electricity 35 Expired
US6094683A Link bundling in a network Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US7203853B2 Apparatus and method for low latency power management on a serial data link Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US6765975B2 Method and apparatus for a tracking data receiver compensating for deterministic jitter Electricity 14 Expired
US6646991B1 Multi-link extensions and bundle skew management Electricity 12 Expired
US6446235B1 Cumulative error detecting code Electricity 11 Expired
US9823719B2 Controlling power delivery to a processor via a bypass Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US6687840B1 Multi-link extensions and bundle skew management Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US7415032B2 Aggregatable connectivity Electricity 6 Expired
US7206955B2 Bundle skew management and cell synchronization Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US7391829B2 Apparatus, system and method for receiver equalization Electricity 5 Expired
US7126986B2 Method and system for improved phase tracking Electricity 5 Expired
US8576843B2 Packet format for a distributed system Electricity 4 Active
US10146283B2 Controlling power delivery to a processor via a bypass Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US10429913B2 Controlling power delivery to a processor via a bypass Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US7639701B2 Packet format for a distributed system Electricity 3 Expired
US10409346B2 Controlling power delivery to a processor via a bypass Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US9395784B2 Independently controlling frequency of plurality of power domains in a processor system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active

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