Patents by Inventor Andrea Sacco

Andrea Sacco has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Capacitive compensation circuit for the regulation of the word line reading voltage in non-volatile memories
    Patent number: 6259632
    Abstract: Circuit for the regulation of the word line voltage in a memory, including a voltage regulator suitable to generate an output regulated voltage to be supplied to one or more word lines of the memory when said one or more word lines are being selected, and charge accumulation means that are selectively connectable with the output of the voltage regulator and suitable to accumulate a compensation charge for a voltage drop that takes place on said regulated voltage upon the selection of said one or more word lines of the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Osama Khouri, Rino Micheloni, Ilaria Motta, Andrea Sacco, Guido Torelli
  • Capacitive boosting circuit for the regulation of the word line reading voltage in non-volatile memories
    Patent number: 6259635
    Abstract: A circuit for the regulation of the word line voltage in a memory, comprising a voltage regulator suitable to generate an output regulated voltage to be supplied to one or more word lines of the memory when the one or more word lines are being selected. The circuit includes a voltage boosting circuit that is coupled to the output of said voltage regulator and that can be activated upon the selection of one or more memory word lines in order to boost the regulated voltage upon the selection of the one or more memory word lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Osama Khouri, Rino Micheloni, Ilaria Motta, Andrea Sacco, Guido Torelli