Patents by Inventor Walt Anderson

Walt Anderson 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: 9570152
    Abstract: A memory cell includes a storage element coupled to a first data node and a second data node, a first programmable nonvolatile element and a second programmable nonvolatile element, a first switch element and a second switch element. The first switch element is configured to couple the first programmable nonvolatile element to the first data node during a first read mode of the memory cell. The second switch element is configured to couple the second programmable nonvolatile element to the second data node during the first read mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Suhail Zain, Walt Anderson, Helmut Puchner, David W. Still
  • Patent number: 9304953
    Abstract: A device can include an interface circuit configured to translate memory access requests at a controller interface of the interface circuit into signals at a memory device interface of the interface circuit that is different from the controller interface, the interface circuit including a write buffer memory configured to store a predetermined number of data values received at a write input of the controller interface, and a read buffer memory configured to mirror a predetermined number of data values stored in the write buffer memory; wherein the memory device interface comprises an address output configured to transmit address values, a write data output configured to transmit write data on rising and falling edges of a periodic signal, and a read data input configured to receive read data at the same rate as the write data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Suhail Zain, Helmut Puchner, Walt Anderson, Karthik Navalpakam
  • Patent number: 8861271
    Abstract: A device can include a plurality of memory cells, each memory cell including at least one latch circuit coupled between two data nodes, a first nonvolatile section coupled to a first data node, and a second nonvolatile section coupled to a second data node; and each nonvolatile section including at least one switch element in series with a programmable nonvolatile element, the switch element configured to couple the nonvolatile element to the corresponding data node during a high reliability read operation of the memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Suhail Zain, Helmut Puchner, Walt Anderson, David Still
  • Publication number: 20140006730
    Abstract: A device can include a controller interface having at least one controller data output configured to output read data, and at least one controller data input configured to receive write data; and a memory device interface having a write data output configured to transmit the write data on rising and falling edges of a periodic signal, and a read data input configured to receive the read data at a same transmission rate as the write data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Suhail Zain, Helmut Puchner, Walt Anderson, Karthik Navalpakam