Patents by Inventor Michael E. Runas

Michael E. Runas 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: 5442588
    Abstract: Memory circuitry 200 is provided which includes first and second banks of memory cells 201 arranged in rows and columns. A first row decoder 210a is provided for selecting a row in the first bank 201a in response to a row address from a first group of row addresses. A second row decoder 210b is provided for selecting a row in the second bank 201b in response to a row address from a second group of row addresses. Row address circuitry 208/209 is provided for presenting a sequence of row addresses to the row decoders 210 in response to a single row address received at an address port to the memory circuitry 200, the row address circuitry 208/209 presenting only row addresses of the first group in a refresh mode. Refresh circuitry 217 couples the row address circuitry 208/209 with the second row decoder 210b, and in the refresh mode converts a row address in the first group presented by the row address circuitry 208/209 into a row address in the second group for use by the second row decoder 210b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael E. Runas