Michael S Armstrong

6429706, Aug 6, 2002

Oct 24, 2001

09/983423

Dilip A. Amin - San Jose CA
Chang Hong Wu - Cupertino CA
Ross Heitkamp - Mountain View CA
Michael Armstrong - Sunnyvale CA

Juniper Networks, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

H03L 700

327143

A voltage sequencing circuit powers-up electrical systems by sequentially enabling a series of power supply lines to the electrical system. After each power supply line is enabled, the voltage sequencing circuit waits a pre-programmed delay time before enabling the next power supply line. The delay time allows the newly enabled power supply line to settle. Additionally, the voltage sequencing circuit constantly monitors previously enabled power supply lines while continuing to enable the remaining power supply lines. If any of the previously enabled lines fail, the voltage sequencing circuit disables the power supply line before reinitiating a complete power-up sequence.

6578186, Jun 10, 2003

Dec 22, 2000

09/742538

Michael Armstrong - Sunnyvale CA
Ashok Krishnamurthi - San Jose CA

Juniper Networks - Sunnyvale CA

G06F 1750

716 16, 326 38, 716 17

A system prevents processor faults during the configuring of a programmable device. The system sets the processor into a reset mode, configures the programmable device using first configuration data, and determines whether the configuring using the first configuration data is successful. When the programmable device is not successfully configured, the system configures the programmable device using second configuration data and determines whether the configuring using the second configuration data is successful. The system releases the processor from the reset mode when the programmable device is successfully configured using the first or second configuration data or when the configuration of the programmable device using the second configuration data fails.

6970961, Nov 29, 2005

Jan 2, 2001

09/751841

Ross Heitkamp - Mountain View CA, US
Michael Armstrong - Sunnyvale CA, US
Michael Beesley - Hillsborough CA, US
Ashok Krishnamurthi - San Jose CA, US
Kenneth Richard Powell - Palo Alto CA, US

Juniper Networks, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

G06F013/00
G06F011/00

710110, 714 11

A network device includes redundant buses, redundant master controllers, and slave controllers. Each of the master controllers connects to a corresponding one of the buses. One of the master controllers acts as an active master and the other master controllers act as standby masters. The active master commences a bus cycle that includes an address interval and a data interval, provides a destination address on the corresponding bus during the address interval, and transmits or receives a command or data during the data interval. The slave controllers connect to the bus, detect commencement of the bus cycle, sample the destination address from the bus a predetermined amount of time after commencement of the address interval, and transmit or receive a command or data during the data interval.

6981087, Dec 27, 2005

Jan 2, 2001

09/751449

Ross Heitkamp - Mountain View CA, US
Michael Armstrong - Sunnyvale CA, US
Michael Beesley - Hillsborough CA, US
Ashok Krishnamurthi - San Jose CA, US
Kenneth Richard Powell - Palo Alto CA, US
Mike M. Wu - Fremont CA, US

Juniper Networks, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

G06F013/00
G06F013/14
G06F013/368

710301, 710300, 710305, 710119

A two wire serial bus is connected between different circuit boards in a complex electrical system. The two wire serial bus may be used to receive status information about each of the circuit boards in the system. A master control processor on one of the circuit boards controls which of the other circuit boards are active on the serial bus. Each of the non-master circuit boards includes a series of switches that electrically isolate or connect portions of the two wire serial bus from one another. Through the series of switches, both the master control processor and processors local to each of the other circuit boards may simultaneously access different portions of the serial bus.

7326075, Feb 5, 2008

Jun 17, 2005

11/155793

Michael Armstrong - Sunnyvale CA, US
Keith J. Hocker - Cupertino CA, US
David J. Lima - Los Altos CA, US

Juniper Networks, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

H01R 13/627

439354, 439542, 439372

An apparatus for remotely releasing a connector, e. g. , an RJ-45 connector, is described. Embodiments of the invention allow a user to release a cable comprising a connector from a connector jack when the connector jack is difficult to reach. The invention may be particularly useful to release cables from devices comprising an array of connector jacks.

7326327, Feb 5, 2008

Jun 6, 2003

10/456343

Michael Armstrong - Danville CA, US
Gayle Herman - Danville CA, US
Greg Omweg - Livermore CA, US
Ravindra V. Shenoy - Dublin CA, US

FormFactor, Inc. - Livermore CA

C25D 5/02
C25D 3/00

205118, 205261

A halide based stress reducing agent is added to the bath of a rhodium plating solution. The stress reducing agent reduces stress in the plated rhodium, increasing the thickness of the rhodium that can be plated without cracking. In addition, the stress reducing agent does not appreciably decrease the wear resistance or hardness of the plated rhodium.

7549888, Jun 23, 2009

Dec 12, 2007

11/954970

Michael Armstrong - Sunnyvale CA, US
Keith J. Hocker - Cupertino CA, US
David J. Lima - Los Altos CA, US

Juniper Networks, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

H01R 13/627

439354, 439542

An apparatus for remotely releasing a connector, e. g. , an RJ-45 connector, is described. Embodiments of the invention allow a user to release a cable comprising a connector from a connector jack when the connector jack is difficult to reach. The invention may be particularly useful to release cables from devices comprising an array of connector jacks.

7959455, Jun 14, 2011

Jun 22, 2009

12/489028

Michael Armstrong - Sunnyvale CA, US
Keith J. Hocker - Cupertino CA, US
David J. Lima - Los Altos CA, US

Juniper Networks, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

H01R 13/627

439354, 439344

An apparatus for remotely releasing a connector, e. g. , an RJ-45 connector, is described. Embodiments of the invention allow a user to release a cable comprising a connector from a connector jack when the connector jack is difficult to reach. The invention may be particularly useful to release cables from devices comprising an array of connector jacks.