Patents Represented by Law Firm Hamiltion, Brook, Smith & Reynolds
  • Patent number: 8145832
    Abstract: An improved non-volatile erase block memory device apparatus and method is described that incorporates an improved addressing scheme to provide for extended addressing allowing redundant erase blocks that are not utilized to repair general use erase blocks of the main memory array to be accessed and utilized as additional storage space by an end user. The additional storage space formed by the unused redundant erase blocks and the specified storage space of the main memory array is presented to the end user as a single contiguous address space. Additionally, the redundant erase blocks can be utilized to repair any damaged erase block in the memory array of the non-volatile erase block memory or Flash memory device regardless of bank placement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Mosaid Technologies Incorporated
    Inventors: Vinod Lakhani, Benjamin Louie
  • Patent number: 7872921
    Abstract: In a nonvolatile memory, less than a full block may be erased as one or more pages. A select voltage is applied through pass transistors to each of plural selected wordlines and an unselect voltage is applied through pass transistor to each of plural unselected wordlines of a selected block. A substrate voltage is applied to the substrate of the selected block. A common select voltage may be applied to each selected wordline and the common unselect voltage may be applied to each unselected wordline. Select and unselect voltages may be applied to any of the wordlines of a select block. A page erase verify operation may be applied to a block having plural erased pages and plural nonerased pages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: MOSAID Technologies Incorporated
    Inventor: Jin-Ki Kim
  • Patent number: 5306562
    Abstract: The preparation and properties of xanthenylamide handles for use in peptide synthesis is disclosed. The compounds, omega-(9-(9-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl)aminoxanthan-2-oxy)alkanoic acid derivatives, are used as peptide handles in the solid-phase synthesis of peptide amides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventor: George Barany