Patents by Inventor Jeffery Don Dugger

Jeffery Don Dugger 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: 6898097
    Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, a programmable analog array (PAA) contains a configurable analog matrix having two floating-gate field effect transistors (FETs). Also contained in the PAA is an interconnect circuit that is programmable to configure the configurable analog matrix to operate in one or more of several matrix modes. A few examples of such matrix modes include a switching matrix mode, a memory matrix mode, and a computing matrix mode. In an exemplary method of configuring the PAA. PAA, the the method includes programming an interconnection, for example, between a first terminal of the first floating-gate FET and a first terminal of the second floating-gate FET. The method further includes programming an interconnection, for example, between a gate terminal of the first floating-gate FET and a fixed voltage source, for setting a floating gate charge on the first floating-gate FET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corp.
    Inventors: Jeffery Don Dugger, Tyson S. Hall, Paul Hasler, David V. Anderson, Paul D. Smith, Matthew Raymond Kucic, Abhishek Bandyopadhyay
  • Publication number: 20030183871
    Abstract: Systems and methods for configuring a floating-gate transistor device to perform a computational function upon an input signal that is coupled into a floating-gate of the floating gate field-effect transistor, wherein the computational function is dependent upon a charge that is programmed into the floating-gate of the floating-gate field effect transistor. Also provided is a configuration circuit that is used to configure circuit parameters of the floating gate field-effect transistor in order to perform the computational function. In one embodiment, the floating gate transistor, which is a floating-gate pFET, is part of an analog memory array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Jeffery Don Dugger, Tyson S. Hall, Paul Hasler, David V. Anderson, Paul D. Smith, Matthew Raymond Kucic, Abhishek Bandyopadhyay