Patents by Inventor Andrew Maust

Andrew Maust 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).

  • Self clock generation structure for low power local clock buffering decoder
    Patent number: 7860172
    Abstract: A k-to-2k decoder is provided. Within the final stage of a k-to-2k decoder is a plurality of word line drivers. These word line drivers utilize clocking signals to fire word lines to a memory array. However, power consumption by clocks has become a serious issue with the increase component density on silicon wafers. To alleviate the problem, signals from the first stage of the k-to-2k decoder provide enablement signals to Local Clock Buffers (LCBs) that allow the word line drivers to fire. The enablement signal reduces the number of active buffers and signals carried to word line drivers, reducing power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chad Adams, Toru Asano, Andrew Maust
  • Self clock generation structure for low power local clock buffering decoder
    Publication number: 20050254585
    Abstract: A k-to-2k decoder is provided. Within the final stage of a k-to-2k decoder is a plurality of word line drivers. These word line drivers utilize clocking signals to fire word lines to a memory array. However, power consumption by clocks has become a serious issue with the increase component density on silicon wafers. To alleviate the problem, signals from the first stage of the k-to-2k decoder provide enablement signals to Local Clock Buffers (LCBs) that allow the word line drivers to fire. The enablement signal reduces the number of active buffers and signals carried to word line drivers, reducing power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chad Adams, Toru Asano, Andrew Maust