Patents by Inventor Andrej Majdic

Andrej Majdic 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: 6396750
    Abstract: An integrated memory has a normal bit line for transferring data from or to normal memory cells connected to it, and also a normal sense amplifier, which is connected via a line to the normal bit line and connected to a data line and amplifies data read from the normal memory cells. Furthermore, the memory has a redundant sense amplifier for replacing the normal sense amplifier in the redundancy situation. The redundant sense amplifier is likewise connected on the one hand to the line and on the other hand to the data line and, in the redundancy situation, serves for amplifying the data read from the normal memory cells. A method for repairing an integrated memory is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Heinz Hönigschmid, Georg Braun, Andrej Majdic
  • Publication number: 20020003728
    Abstract: An integrated memory has a normal bit line for transferring data from or to normal memory cells connected to it, and also a normal sense amplifier, which is connected via a line to the normal bit line and connected to a data line and amplifies data read from the normal memory cells. Furthermore, the memory has a redundant sense amplifier for replacing the normal sense amplifier in the redundancy situation. The redundant sense amplifier is likewise connected on the one hand to the line and on the other hand to the data line and, in the redundancy situation, serves for amplifying the data read from the normal memory cells. A method for repairing an integrated memory is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventors: Heinz Honigschmid, Georg Braun, Andrej Majdic
  • Patent number: 6091625
    Abstract: An integrated memory includes a cell array having bit lines, word lines and writable memory cells. A first differential sense amplifier has connections connected to a data line pair through which the first sense amplifier reads information from one of the memory cells during a read access operation in order to amplify it subsequently, and through which the first sense amplifier writes information to one of the memory cells during a write access operation. The relevant information is transferred as differential signals through the data line pair and is temporarily stored by the first sense amplifier during every write access operation. The memory also has a switching unit through which the data line pair is connected to the connections of the first sense amplifier, for interchanging the lines of the data line pair in relation to the connections of the first sense amplifier, depending on the switching state of the switching unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Georg Braun, Carlos Mazure-Espejo, Heinz Honigschmid, Andrej Majdic