Inventor · Austin, TX, US

Robert Allan Faust

21Patents
8h-index
19Co-inventors
68Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 3, 1998 → Oct 14, 2008

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6745270B1 Dynamically allocating I2C addresses using self bus switching device Physics 50 Expired
US6976197B2 Apparatus and method for error logging on a memory module Physics 42 Expired
US6308289A Method and system for environmental sensing and control within a computer system Physics 25 Expired
US7085863B2 I2C device including bus switches and programmable address Physics 18 Expired
US7076708B2 Method and apparatus for diagnosis and behavior modification of an embedded microcontroller Physics 18 Expired
US6205504A Externally provided control of an I2C bus Physics 15 Expired
US6725320B1 I2C bus switching devices interspersed between I2C devices Physics 13 Expired
US6769078B2 Method for isolating an I2C bus fault using self bus switching device Physics 11 Expired
US7579896B2 Method and apparatus for generating multiple analog signals using a single microcontroller output pin Physics 8 Active
US7010726B2 Method and apparatus for saving data used in error analysis Physics 7 Expired
US6148419A System diagnostic location codes Physics 7 Expired
US7355384B2 Apparatus, method, and computer program product for monitoring and controlling a microcomputer using a single existing pin Electricity 3 Expired
US6675293B1 Auxiliary processor manages firmware personalities while borrowing host system resources Physics 3 Expired
US6715110B1 External debug card sharing a communication bus Physics 3 Expired
US6334165A Address type determination for an I2C EEPROM Physics 3 Expired
US6182199A System and method for granting permission to modify a memory area Physics 2 Expired
US7711993B2 JTAGchain bus switching and configuring device Physics 2 Active
US6281860A Cues for status information Physics 2 Expired
US7477176B2 Method and apparatus for generating multiple analog signals using a single microcontroller output pin Physics 1 Active
US7498801B2 Apparatus, method, and computer program product for monitoring and controlling a microcomputer using a single existing pin Electricity 1 Active
US7454664B2 JTAGchain bus switching and configuring device Physics 0 Expired

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