Inventor
BILL COLIN S
US38 patents
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ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC
23 patentsUS5712815AJan 27, 1998
Multiple bits per-cell flash EEPROM capable of concurrently programming and verifying memory cells and reference cells
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC387 citations99
US6205056B1Mar 20, 2001
Automated reference cell trimming verify
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC115 citations98
US6449190B1Sep 10, 2002
Adaptive reference cells for a memory device
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC63 citations96
US5059815AOct 22, 1991
High voltage charge pumps with series capacitors
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC96 citations96
US6438041B1Aug 20, 2002
Negative voltage regulation
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC27 citations93
US6400638B1Jun 4, 2002
Wordline driver for flash memory read mode
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC20 citations93
US6147906ANov 14, 2000
Method and system for saving overhead program time in a memory device
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC38 citations93
US7072781B1Jul 4, 2006
Architecture for generating adaptive arbitrary waveforms
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC31 citations92
US6134146AOct 17, 2000
Wordline driver for flash electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM)
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC26 citations92
US5875130AFeb 23, 1999
Method for programming flash electrically erasable programmable read-only memory
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC20 citations92
US6205059B1Mar 20, 2001
Method for erasing flash electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM)
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC43 citations91
US5901090AMay 4, 1999
Method for erasing flash electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM)
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC30 citations90
US6622274B1Sep 16, 2003
Method of micro-architectural implementation on bist fronted state machine utilizing ‘death logic’ state transition for area minimization
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC21 citations89
US6157572ADec 5, 2000
Method for erasing flash electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM)
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC17 citations82
US6163481ADec 19, 2000
Flash memory wordline tracking across whole chip
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC18 citations79
US6324108B1Nov 27, 2001
Application of external voltage during array VT testing
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC13 citations74
US6430087B1Aug 6, 2002
Trimming method and system for wordline booster to minimize process variation of boosted wordline voltage
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC12 citations73
US6587982B1Jul 1, 2003
Method of micro-architectural implementation of interface between bist state machine and tester interface to enable bist cycling
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC12 citations70
US6118694ASep 12, 2000
Distributing CFI devices in existing decoders
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC6 citations63
US6285594B1Sep 4, 2001
Wordline voltage protection
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC6 citations62
US6088287AJul 11, 2000
Flash memory architecture employing three layer metal interconnect for word line decoding
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC5 citations60
US6359824B1Mar 19, 2002
Activation of wordline decoders to transfer a high voltage supply
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC0 citations50
US6459625B1Oct 1, 2002
Three metal process for optimizing layout density
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC0 citations40
SPANSION LLC
12 patentsUS7035141B1Apr 25, 2006
Diode array architecture for addressing nanoscale resistive memory arrays
SPANSION LLC111 citations97
US7286388B1Oct 23, 2007
Resistive memory device with improved data retention
SPANSION LLC22 citations92
US7145824B2Dec 5, 2006
Temperature compensation of thin film diode voltage threshold in memory sensing circuit
SPANSION LLC40 citations92
US7450416B1Nov 11, 2008
Utilization of memory-diode which may have each of a plurality of different memory states
SPANSION LLC13 citations83
US7355886B1Apr 8, 2008
Method of programming, erasing and reading memory cells in a resistive memory array
SPANSION LLC15 citations83
US7259983B2Aug 21, 2007
Page buffer architecture for programming, erasing and reading nanoscale resistive memory devices
SPANSION LLC10 citations83
US7443710B2Oct 28, 2008
Control of memory devices possessing variable resistance characteristics
SPANSION LLC17 citations82
US7474579B2Jan 6, 2009
Use of periodic refresh in medium retention memory arrays
SPANSION LLC7 citations73
US7379317B2May 27, 2008
Method of programming, reading and erasing memory-diode in a memory-diode array
SPANSION LLC7 citations73
US7791947B2Sep 7, 2010
Non-volatile memory device and methods of using
SPANSION LLC6 citations63
US7579631B2Aug 25, 2009
Variable breakdown characteristic diode
SPANSION LLC5 citations62
US7894243B2Feb 22, 2011
Methods of programming and erasing resistive memory devices
SPANSION LLC0 citations50