Patents by Inventor Thomas Sheffler

Thomas Sheffler 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).

  • Publication number: 20180267891
    Abstract: A memory access command, column address and plurality of write data values are received within an integrated-circuit memory chip via external signaling links. In response to the memory access command, the integrated-circuit memory chip (i) decodes the column address to select address-specified sense amplifiers from among a plurality of sense amplifiers that constitute a sense amplifier bank, (ii) reads first data, constituted by a plurality of read data values, out of the address-specified sense amplifiers, and (iii) overwrites the first data within the address-specified sense amplifiers with second data constituted by one or more of the write data values and by one or more of the read data values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas A. Sheffler, Lawrence Lai, Liang Peng, Bohuslav Rychlik
  • Patent number: 9898400
    Abstract: A memory access command, column address and plurality of write data values are received within an integrated-circuit memory chip via external signaling links. In response to the memory access command, the integrated-circuit memory chip (i) decodes the column address to select address-specified sense amplifiers from among a plurality of sense amplifiers that constitute a sense amplifier bank, (ii) reads first data, constituted by a plurality of read data values, out of the address-specified sense amplifiers, and (iii) overwrites the first data within the address-specified sense amplifiers with second data constituted by one or more of the write data values and by one or more of the read data values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Rambus Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Sheffler, Lawrence Lai, Liang Peng, Bohuslav Rychlik
  • Publication number: 20170293552
    Abstract: A memory access command, column address and plurality of write data values are received within an integrated-circuit memory chip via external signaling links. In response to the memory access command, the integrated-circuit memory chip (i) decodes the column address to select address-specified sense amplifiers from among a plurality of sense amplifiers that constitute a sense amplifier bank, (ii) reads first data, constituted by a plurality of read data values, out of the address-specified sense amplifiers, and (iii) overwrites the first data within the address-specified sense amplifiers with second data constituted by one or more of the write data values and by one or more of the read data values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas A. Sheffler, Lawrence Lai, Liang Peng, Bohuslav Rychlik
  • Patent number: 9658953
    Abstract: A memory access command, column address and plurality of write data values are received within an integrated-circuit memory chip via external signaling links. In response to the memory access command, the integrated-circuit memory chip (i) decodes the column address to select address-specified sense amplifiers from among a plurality of sense amplifiers that constitute a sense amplifier bank, (ii) reads first data, constituted by a plurality of read data values, out of the address-specified sense amplifiers, and (iii) overwrites the first data within the address-specified sense amplifiers with second data constituted by one or more of the write data values and by one or more of the read data values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Rambus Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Sheffler, Lawrence Lai, Liang Peng, Bohuslav Rychlik
  • Publication number: 20150178187
    Abstract: A memory access command, column address and plurality of write data values are received within an integrated-circuit memory chip via external signaling links. In response to the memory access command, the integrated-circuit memory chip (i) decodes the column address to select address-specified sense amplifiers from among a plurality of sense amplifiers that constitute a sense amplifier bank, (ii) reads first data, constituted by a plurality of read data values, out of the address-specified sense amplifiers, and (iii) overwrites the first data within the address-specified sense amplifiers with second data constituted by one or more of the write data values and by one or more of the read data values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Sheffler, Lawrence Lai, Liang Peng, Bohuslav Rychlik
  • Publication number: 20120290689
    Abstract: The invention described herein covers methods, apparatus and systems for auto configuring a wireless electronic device, such as an IP camera, to communicate with a wireless network, such as a home WiFi network router.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Adam Beguelin, Yacin Bahi, Thomas Sheffler
  • Publication number: 20120117317
    Abstract: In an integrated-circuit memory device having a memory core, a first data value is retrieved from an address-specified location within the memory core in response to a memory access command. The first data value is output from the memory device in response to the memory access command, and a second data value is stored in the address-specified location within the memory core in response to the memory access command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: RAMBUS Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Sheffler, Lawrence Lai, Liang Peng, Bohuslav Rychlik
  • Publication number: 20070214178
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a multi-project verification environment is provided. A project directory contains files describing commands, designs, tests, and configuration objects. A configuration object contains configuration information describing characteristics of the verification environment for a particular project. For example, the configuration information includes parameters and flags to input to simulation tools, as well as information for tests that are executed on the tools. The commands in the project directory are written in a generic way such that they are appropriate for many different projects. Execution of a command invokes a test script file that is parameterized by values in a configuration object corresponding to the project under test. An entire new verification environment can be generated by specifying a new configuration object, which can be based on a previous configuration object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventors: Thomas Sheffler, Kevin Jones, Harlan Lau, Kathryn Mossawir
  • Publication number: 20070079268
    Abstract: A method and system for formally verifying designs having elements from more than a single design domain is described. For example, an example system allows formal verification of a design containing mixed analog and digital design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Kevin Jones, Thomas Sheffler, Kathryn Mossawir, Qiang Hong, Paul Wong, Jing Jiang
  • Publication number: 20070079267
    Abstract: A method and system for performing consistency checking of one or more design representations having different design types. A translator for each design type obtains information from each design needed to evaluate rules that are design type-neutral. The described examples also allow a user to add rules using predefined rule terms. In addition, certain examples allow the user to add terms to the rule set and to make new rules with the added terms. Each new term added to a rule set has a corresponding abstraction function in a translator for each design type. Thus, the abstraction functions are not design type-neutral.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Qiang Hong, Jing Jiang, Kevin Jones, Kathryn Mossawir, Thomas Sheffler, Paul Wong