Inventor
HAMILTON DARLENE G
US33 patents
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ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC
27 patentsUS6590811B1Jul 8, 2003
Higher program VT and faster programming rates based on improved erase methods
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC92 citations98
US6512701B1Jan 28, 2003
Erase method for dual bit virtual ground flash
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC100 citations98
US6493266B1Dec 10, 2002
Soft program and soft program verify of the core cells in flash memory array
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC81 citations98
US6442074B1Aug 27, 2002
Tailored erase method using higher program VT and higher negative gate erase
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC103 citations98
US7010736B1Mar 7, 2006
Address sequencer within BIST (Built-in-Self-Test) system
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC106 citations96
US6735114B1May 11, 2004
Method of improving dynamic reference tracking for flash memory unit
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC72 citations96
US6631086B1Oct 7, 2003
On-chip repair of defective address of core flash memory cells
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC111 citations96
US6307784B1Oct 23, 2001
Negative gate erase
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC82 citations96
US6567303B1May 20, 2003
Charge injection
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC104 citations95
US6344994B1Feb 5, 2002
Data retention characteristics as a result of high temperature bake
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC52 citations95
US6331951B1Dec 18, 2001
Method and system for embedded chip erase verification
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC67 citations94
US6493261B1Dec 10, 2002
Single bit array edges
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC25 citations93
US6456533B1Sep 24, 2002
Higher program VT and faster programming rates based on improved erase methods
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC62 citations93
US6967873B2Nov 22, 2005
Memory device and method using positive gate stress to recover overerased cell
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC41 citations92
US6897110B1May 24, 2005
Method of protecting a memory array from charge damage during fabrication
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC22 citations92
US6822909B1Nov 23, 2004
Method of controlling program threshold voltage distribution of a dual cell memory device
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC27 citations92
US6778442B1Aug 17, 2004
Method of dual cell memory device operation for improved end-of-life read margin
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC31 citations92
US6775187B1Aug 10, 2004
Method of programming a dual cell memory device
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC29 citations92
US6799256B2Sep 28, 2004
System and method for multi-bit flash reads using dual dynamic references
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC41 citations89
US7023740B1Apr 4, 2006
Substrate bias for programming non-volatile memory
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC18 citations83
US6788583B2Sep 7, 2004
Pre-charge method for reading a non-volatile memory cell
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC14 citations83
US6901010B1May 31, 2005
Erase method for a dual bit memory cell
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC12 citations80
US6956768B2Oct 18, 2005
Method of programming dual cell memory device to store multiple data states per cell
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC7 citations74
US6813752B1Nov 2, 2004
Method of determining charge loss activation energy of a memory array
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC8 citations74
US6771545B1Aug 3, 2004
Method for reading a non-volatile memory cell adjacent to an inactive region of a non-volatile memory cell array
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC10 citations70
US6743677B1Jun 1, 2004
Method for fabricating nitride memory cells using a floating gate fabrication process
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC4 citations63
US6579781B1Jun 17, 2003
Elimination of n+ contact implant from flash technologies by replacement with standard double-diffused and n+ implants
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC3 citations62
SPANSION LLC
3 patentsUS7103706B1Sep 5, 2006
System and method for multi-bit flash reads using dual dynamic references
SPANSION LLC9 citations70
US7626869B2Dec 1, 2009
Multi-phase wordline erasing for flash memory
SPANSION LLC3 citations62
US7652919B2Jan 26, 2010
Multi-level operation in dual element cells using a supplemental programming level
SPANSION LLC0 citations51