Patents by Inventor James C. Blankenhorn

James C. Blankenhorn 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: 4255679
    Abstract: A random access memory device of the MOS integrated circuit type employs an array of rows and columns of one-transistor storage cells with a bistable sense amplifier circuit of the dynamic type at the center of each column. A dummy cell is connected to each column line half and is addressed when a memory cell on the opposite side of the sense amplifier is addressed by one of the row lines. A coupling transistor connects each column line half to one of the cross-coupled driver transistors of the bistable circuit. The coupling transistors are of the depletion mode type and each has its gate connected to the sense node on the opposite side between the other coupling transistor and driver transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1981
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Lionel S. White, Jr., James C. Blankenhorn