Patents by Inventor Colin Stobbs

Colin Stobbs 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).

  • Patent number: 7489015
    Abstract: A memory assembly comprises a substrate that incorporates magnetic shielding, a magnetic random access memory die supported by the substrate, and an encapsulation matrix that includes magnetic shielding that is disposed over the magnetic random access memory die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Colin A. Stobbs
  • Publication number: 20070285957
    Abstract: A memory assembly comprises a substrate that incorporates magnetic shielding, a magnetic random access memory die supported by the substrate, and an encapsulation matrix that includes magnetic shielding that is disposed over the magnetic random access memory die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventor: Colin Stobbs
  • Patent number: 7057249
    Abstract: A memory device includes a first surface having memory chips disposed thereon, the memory chips defining an exterior face of the memory device, and a second surface opposite the exterior face. A magnetically permeable shield layer extends over at least one of the exterior face and the second surface of the memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas C. Anthony, Colin A. Stobbs, Manoj K. Bhattaharyya, Anthony P. Holden, Judy Bloomquist, legal representative, Darrel R. Bloomquist, deceased
  • Publication number: 20060044929
    Abstract: A method of packaging magnetic random access memory includes covering magnetic random access memory with an external card cover including magnetic shielding to form a card, the external card cover shielding the magnetic random access memory from external magnetic fields. A method of forming a memory card includes connecting a printed circuit assembly including at least one magnetic random access memory to a memory card cover to form the memory card, a side of the printed circuit assembly on which magnetic shielding is provided forming an external portion of the memory card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Andrew Spencer, Connie Lemus, Colin Stobbs
  • Patent number: 6940153
    Abstract: A memory card includes at least one magnetic random access memory supported by a substrate, and a memory card cover disposed over the magnetic random access memory and the substrate to form a memory card, wherein at least one of the substrate and the memory card cover includes magnetic shielding to at least partially shield the magnetic random access memory from external magnetic fields, the memory card cover forming an external portion of the memory card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Spencer, Connie Lemus, Colin Stobbs
  • Publication number: 20050135150
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a storage device. In one embodiment, the storage device comprises a magnetic memory and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to transfer selected data from the magnetic memory a selected number of times and to regulate the transfer of the selected data from the magnetic memory subsequent to transferring the selected data from the magnetic memory the selected number of times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Sarah Brandenberger, Susan Davis, Jonathan Jedwab, Colin Stobbs
  • Publication number: 20050120265
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a data storage and retrieval system operating on a host computer. The data storage and retrieval system comprises a sparing system configured to replace defective memory sections of a memory device with replacement memory sections of the memory device, and an error correction code system. The error correction code system is configured to encode data with an error correction code to store the data into the memory device and decode the encoded data with the error correction code to retrieve the data from the memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Steven Pline, Kenneth Smith, Colin Stobbs, Stewart Wyatt, David Banks, Robin Takasugi, David McIntyre
  • Publication number: 20050001249
    Abstract: A memory device includes a first surface having memory chips disposed thereon, the memory chips defining an exterior face of the memory device, and a second surface opposite the exterior face. A magnetically permeable shield layer extends over at least one of the exterior face and the second surface of the memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Anthony, Colin Stobbs, Manoj Bhattaharyya, Anthony Holden, Darrel Bloomquist, Judy Bloomquist
  • Publication number: 20040267705
    Abstract: A memory comprising a storage medium that includes a first file and first information associated with the first file and a controller coupled to the storage medium. The controller is configured to access second information and is configured to cause the first file to be deleted in response to comparing the first information to the second information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Connie Lemus, Thomas C. Anthony, Sarah Brandenberger, Colin Stobbs, Robert Sesek
  • Publication number: 20040150091
    Abstract: A memory assembly comprises a substrate that incorporates magnetic shielding, a magnetic random access memory die supported by the substrate, and an encapsulation matrix that includes magnetic shielding that is disposed over the magnetic random access memory die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventor: Colin A. Stobbs
  • Publication number: 20040152261
    Abstract: A memory card includes at least one magnetic random access memory supported by a substrate, and a memory card cover disposed over the magnetic random access memory and the substrate to form a memory card, wherein at least one of the substrate and the memory card cover includes magnetic shielding to at least partially shield the magnetic random access memory from external magnetic fields, the memory card cover forming an external portion of the memory card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Andrew M. Spencer, Connie Lemus, Colin Stobbs
  • Publication number: 20040039871
    Abstract: A magnetic memory device capable of replacing a Flash memory within a computer, is provided. The magnetic memory device contains a magnetic storage device, a temporary memory having data access speed similar to Flash memory and a controller for controlling access to the magnetic storage device and the temporary memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2002
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Colin Stobbs, Kenneth K. Smith
  • Patent number: 6665201
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state storage device. In one arrangement, the storage device comprises a memory device comprising one of an atomic resolution storage (ARS) device and a magnetic random access memory (MRAM) device, a controller, and an integral connector that is used to directly connect the storage device to another device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Spencer, Thomas C. Anthony, Colin A. Stobbs, Sarah M. Brandenberger, Steven C. Johnson