Patents by Inventor Bryce Cook

Bryce Cook 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).

  • Circuitry and methods for improving differential signals that cross power domains
    Patent number: 8269540
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are circuitry and methods for improving differential signals that cross power domains. In an example embodiment, the power supply domain boundary along the output paths that generate the differential signal is staggered, such that the boundary occurs at an odd numbered stage in one differential output path and at an even numbered stage in the other differential output. Defining the power supply domain boundary in this manner can help ensure that the same logical state is present at the boundary in either of the differential output paths. This same logic signal should affect subsequent stages similarly from a speed perspective, and so should similarly affect the differential signals generated by each of the output paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Bryce Cook
  • Circuitry and Methods for Improving Differential Signals That Cross Power Domains
    Publication number: 20110148474
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are circuitry and methods for improving differential signals that cross power domains. In an example embodiment, the power supply domain boundary along the output paths that generate the differential signal is staggered, such that the boundary occurs at an odd numbered stage in one differential output path and at an even numbered stage in the other differential output. Defining the power supply domain boundary in this manner can help ensure that the same logical state is present at the boundary in either of the differential output paths. This same logic signal should affect subsequent stages similarly from a speed perspective, and so should similarly affect the differential signals generated by each of the output paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Bryce Cook
  • Methods, devices, and systems for experiencing reduced unequal testing degradation
    Patent number: 7966530
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present invention reduce uneven degradation during testing by providing for a toggling signal to be applied to remaining input paths which do not receive test signals. Therefore, rather than being held in a fixed state during the burn-in process, the remaining inputs are toggled as well. Consequently, they degrade at a more similar rate as their counterpart inputs that did receive test signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryce Cook, Nick Labrum
  • Circuitry and methods for improving differential signals that cross power domains
    Patent number: 7915937
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are circuitry and methods for improving differential signals that cross power domains. In an example embodiment, the power supply domain boundary along the output paths that generate the differential signal is staggered, such that the boundary occurs at an odd numbered stage in one differential output path and at an even numbered stage in the other differential output. Defining the power supply domain boundary in this manner can help ensure that the same logical state is present at the boundary in either of the differential output paths. This same logic signal should affect subsequent stages similarly from a speed perspective, and so should similarly affect the differential signals generated by each of the output paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Bryce Cook
  • Circuitry and Methods for Improving Differential Signals That Cross Power Domains
    Publication number: 20100061165
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are circuitry and methods for improving differential signals that cross power domains. In an example embodiment, the power supply domain boundary along the output paths that generate the differential signal is staggered, such that the boundary occurs at an odd numbered stage in one differential output path and at an even numbered stage in the other differential output. Defining the power supply domain boundary in this manner can help ensure that the same logical state is present at the boundary in either of the differential output paths. This same logic signal should affect subsequent stages similarly from a speed perspective, and so should similarly affect the differential signals generated by each of the output paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Bryce Cook
  • Methods, devices, and systems for experiencing reduced unequal testing degradation
    Publication number: 20090158102
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present invention reduce uneven degradation during testing by providing for a toggling signal to be applied to remaining input paths which do not receive test signals. Therefore, rather than being held in a fixed state during the burn-in process, the remaining inputs are toggled as well. Consequently, they degrade at a more similar rate as their counterpart inputs that did receive test signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryce Cook, Nick Labrum