Patents by Inventor Terry Kendall

Terry Kendall 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).

  • Interface for flash EEPROM memory arrays
    Patent number: 6279069
    Abstract: A flash EEPROM memory device including a plurality of blocks of flash EEPROM memory cells arranged to be accessed in rows and columns, a query memory storing data defining characteristics of the flash memory device that may be used to initialize software device drivers for accessing the device, and an interface for receiving data and commands addressed to the blocks of flash EEPROM memory cells and generating signals for affecting the purpose of the commands in the flash EEPROM memory device, the interface adapted to receive a command scaled to a range of characteristics of a particular flash EEPROM memory device and respond by returning the data stored in the query memory as output depending on characteristics of the particular flash EEPROM memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt B. Robinson, Mark Christopherson, Terry Kendall