Patents by Inventor Carmen Thalmaier

Carmen Thalmaier 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).

  • Circuit configuration for reading memory elements
    Patent number: 6608777
    Abstract: A circuit configuration for measuring or calibrating current of components in memory elements, preferably, EPROM or EEPROM memory elements, includes a memory cell field, a reference cell field, a current comparator, a digital-analog converter receiving a digital signal having digital values and outputting predetermined current values based upon receiving corresponding ones of the digital values, a first switch having an output connected to a first input of the current comparator, a first input connected to the memory cell field, and a second input connected to the reference cell field, and a second switch having an output connected to a second input of the current comparator, a first input connected to the reference cell field, and a second input connected to the digital-analog converter. The second switch can have a third input to be connected to an external current source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Martin Bloch, Carmen Thalmaier
  • Circuit configuration for reading memory elements
    Publication number: 20020114196
    Abstract: A circuit configuration for measuring or calibrating current of components in memory elements, preferably, EPROM or EEPROM memory elements, includes a memory cell field, a reference cell field, a current comparator, a digital-analog converter receiving a digital signal having digital values and outputting predetermined current values based upon receiving corresponding ones of the digital values, a first switch having an output connected to a first input of the current comparator, a first input connected to the memory cell field, and a second input connected to the reference cell field, and a second switch having an output connected to a second input of the current comparator, a first input connected to the reference cell field, and a second input connected to the digital-analog converter. The second switch can have a third input to be connected to an external current source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Martin Bloch, Carmen Thalmaier