Patents by Inventor Ioannis Chrissostomidis

Ioannis Chrissostomidis 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: 6813217
    Abstract: An integrated memory has a respective terminal for a clock signal and a data clock signal and also a data terminal. For a write operation, the memory accepts a write command on account of the clock signal and, in a manner time-delayed with respect thereto, a plurality of data at the data terminal on account of the data clock signal. An access controller serves for controlling an access to a memory cell array of the memory for the parallel writing of the accepted data to selected memory cells. The access to the memory cell array is triggered by the access controller by a phase-shifted clock signal before the clock signal has a next rising edge after the acceptance of the data. It is thus possible to increase the effective writing time from the application of the write command to the closing of a memory bank by a precharge command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Helmut Schneider, Ioannis Chrissostomidis, Albert Keyserlingk
  • Publication number: 20030218933
    Abstract: An integrated memory has a respective terminal for a clock signal and a data clock signal and also a data terminal. For a write operation, the memory accepts a write command on account of the clock signal and, in a manner time-delayed with respect thereto, a plurality of data at the data terminal on account of the data clock signal. An access controller serves for controlling an access to a memory cell array of the memory for the parallel writing of the accepted data to selected memory cells. The access to the memory cell array is triggered by the access controller by a phase-shifted clock signal before the clock signal has a next rising edge after the acceptance of the data. It is thus possible to increase the effective writing time from the application of the write command to the closing of a memory bank by a precharge command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventors: Helmut Schneider, Ioannis Chrissostomidis, Albert Keyserlingk
  • Patent number: 6642804
    Abstract: The invention creates an oscillator circuit, in particular for a refresh timer device of a dynamic semiconductor memory, having a capacitor device (C; C′) which is connected between a first node (6) and a first supply potential (P2); a current mirror circuit (T1; T2) for supplying a charging current for the capacitor device (C; C′) which is connected via a first transistor device (T4) to the first node (6) and which has a current source (SQ) for supplying a substantially temperature-independent reference current (Iref); a second transistor device (T5), which is connected between the first node (6) and the first supply potential (P2); the first and second transistor devices (T4; T5) and a control signal being configured in such a way that the capacitor device (C; C′) can be charged via the first node (6) when a potential (Vcomp) at the first node (6) is lower than the reference potential (Vref), and can be discharged via the first node (6) when the potential (Vcomp) at the first node (6) is h
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ioannis Chrissostomidis, Thoai-Thai Le
  • Patent number: 6507528
    Abstract: A circuit configuration for generating sense amplifier control signals for a DRAM. The circuit configuration includes, in addition to thin oxide transistors that are supplied with a normal standard supply voltage, thick oxide transistors to which an increased supply voltage is applied to compensate for voltage and technological fluctuations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ioannis Chrissostomidis, Thilo Schaffroth, Helmut Fischer
  • Publication number: 20020121940
    Abstract: The invention creates an oscillator circuit, in particular for a refresh timer device of a dynamic semiconductor memory, having a capacitor device (C; C′) which is connected between a first node (6) and a first supply potential (P2); a current mirror circuit (T1; T2) for supplying a charging current for the capacitor device (C; C′) which is connected via a first transistor device (T4) to the first node (6) and which has a current source (SQ) for supplying a substantially temperature-independent reference current (Iref); a second transistor device (T5), which is connected between the first node (6) and the first supply potential (P2); a comparator device (COMP) with a first and a second input (+, −) and an output (A), the first input (+) being connected to the first node (6) and the second input (−) being connected to a reference potential (Vref); and a control signal generating device (INV; L1; G1) for generating a control signal and applying the same to a control terminal on
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventors: Ioannis Chrissostomidis, Thoai-Thai Le
  • Publication number: 20020075741
    Abstract: A circuit configuration for generating sense amplifier control signals for a DRAM. The circuit configuration includes, in addition to thin oxide transistors that are supplied with a normal standard supply voltage, thick oxide transistors to which an increased supply voltage is applied to compensate for voltage and technological fluctuations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Ioannis Chrissostomidis, Thilo Schaffroth, Helmut Fischer