Patents Represented by Attorney Harvey Auerback
  • Patent number: 8189396
    Abstract: A memory device of the non-volatile type including a memory array having a plurality of memory cells organized as sectors, each sector having a main word line associated with a plurality of local word lines, each local word line coupled to the main word line by a respective local word line driver circuit, each of the local word line driver circuits consisting of a first MOS transistor coupled between the respective main word line and a respective local word line and a second MOS transistor coupled between the respective local word line and a first biasing terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Mosaid Technologies Incorporated
    Inventors: Chung-Zen Chen, Yang-Chieh Lin, Chung-Shan Kuo
  • Patent number: 8035413
    Abstract: A system and method of performing off chip drive (OCD) and on-die termination (ODT) are provided. A common pull-up network composed of transistors and a common pull-down network composed of transistors are employed to implement both of these functions. In drive mode, the pull-up network is configured to produce a calibrated drive impedance when an “on” output is to be generated, and the pull-up network is configured to produce a calibrated drive impedance when an “off” output is to be generated. In termination mode, the pull-up network and the pull-down network are configured to produce a calibrated pull-up resistance and pull-down resistance respectively such that together, they form a split termination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Mosaid Technologies Incorporated
    Inventor: Bruce Millar