Michael R Lin

20040246987, Dec 9, 2004

Mar 5, 2004

10/794604

Evan Webb - Elkridge MD, US
Michael Lin - Ellicott City MD, US
Scott Edfors - Silver Spring MD, US

H04L012/66

370/463000, 370/419000

A space qualified local area network includes a plurality of stations, a switch in communication with the plurality of stations, and a network interface controller associated with each station. The network interface controller includes a media access controller having a medium-independent interface and a physical layer. The physical layer includes a data-strobe encoder for combining a first data signal and a strobe signal to produce an output signal, a low voltage differential signaling driver for transmitting the output signal, a low voltage differential signaling receiver for receiving an input signal, and a clock recovery decoder for extracting a second data signal and a clock signal from the input signal.

20110099421, Apr 28, 2011

Aug 11, 2010

12/854490

Alessandro Geist - Bethesda MD, US
Thomas P. Flatley - Hungtington MD, US
Michael R. Lin - Ellicott City MD, US
David J. Petrick - Severna Park MD, US

G06F 11/16

714 10, 714E11061

A processing system having a small form factor and configured to connect to an external platform. The processing system includes input interfaces configured to receive an input signal to be processed; a radiation tolerant field programmable gate array including processors configured to process the input signal; memory containing reconfigurable instructions for the processors that, when the reconfigurable instructions are executed, process the input signal and obtain the output signal; output interfaces configured to send the output signal to the external platform; and a reset logic element configured to selectively reset the field programmable gate array and at least one of the processors in response to a reset command. The input interfaces include at least one gigabit Ethernet interface and at least one space-rated balanced voltage digital interface circuit. The output interfaces include at least one serial advanced technology attachment interface and at least one space-rated balanced voltage digital interface circuit.

20130181809, Jul 18, 2013

Jul 18, 2012

13/551649

Michael R. Lin - Ellicott City MD, US
David J. Petrick - SEVERNA PARK MD, US
ALESSANDRO GElST - BETHESDA MD, US
Thomas P. Flatley - Huntington MD, US

G05B 19/02

340 43

An on-board space processing system capable of processing data at more than 2500 Million Instructions Per Second on board a spacecraft is disclosed. The system may be a cube, and may include processor card and a hybrid card. The processor card may include a processor that may be programmable and reprogrammable prior to, and during, spaceflight. The hybrid card may include a field programmable gate array module that may program and reprogram the processor prior to, and during, the spaceflight.

20170358877, Dec 14, 2017

Jun 10, 2016

15/179020

- Washington DC, US
MICHAEL R. LIN - ELLICOTT CITY MD, US

H01R 12/70

A stacking pin alignment fixture for a stacking connector includes a substrate and a plurality of openings defined in the substrate, the plurality of openings being arranged in a predefined pattern. The predefined pattern corresponds to a pattern of a field of straight pins arranged on the stacking connector.

20170074909, Mar 16, 2017

Sep 15, 2015

14/855001

- Washington DC, US
MICHELLE B. SCOTT - Clinton MD, US
THOMAS K. JOHNSON - Ellicott City MD, US
YUKLUN LEUNG - Silver Spring MD, US
MICHAEL R. LIN - Ellicott City MD, US

G01R 19/15
G01R 31/04

A method of safe to mate testing includes providing a file of netlist signals where each signal defines a first connection to one or more components of a unit under test, connecting a first terminal of a measuring device to a first netlist signal and connecting a second terminal of the measuring device to a second netlist signal, performing a plurality of first resistive measurements by applying power having a first polarity between the first and second netlist signals, performing at least one second resistive measurement by applying power having a second polarity to the first and second netlist signals, and recording an average of the first resistive measurements and, if the second polarity measurement yields a negative result, an indication that a reactive load is connected between the first and second netlist signals.