Patents by Inventor Cordell Prater

Cordell Prater 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: 8085603
    Abstract: A memory is disclosed that can be utilized with a field programmable gate array. In some embodiments, the memory can include a memory array comprising a plurality of memory banks, each memory bank including at least one memory block, each of the at least one memory block including an array of memory cells; an address decoder coupled to each of the at least one memory block, the address decoder including a comparator coupled to receive an input address and a block address and provide a compare bit that indicates when a portion of the input address matches the block address, and an OR gate coupled to receive the compare bit and a wildcard bit, the OR gate providing an enable to the memory block when either the compare bit or the wildcard bit is asserted; and a logic unit that receives a mode value and the input address and provides the wildcard bit to each of the address decoders. Data can be simultaneously written into the memory array in patterns in accordance with the mode value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Integrated Device Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Manoj Gunwani, Hare K. Verma, Cordell Prater
  • Publication number: 20110058431
    Abstract: A memory is disclosed that can be utilized with a field programmable gate array. In some embodiments, the memory can include a memory array comprising a plurality of memory banks, each memory bank including at least one memory block, each of the at least one memory block including an array of memory cells; an address decoder coupled to each of the at least one memory block, the address decoder including a comparator coupled to receive an input address and a block address and provide a compare bit that indicates when a portion of the input address matches the block address, and an OR gate coupled to receive the compare bit and a wildcard bit, the OR gate providing an enable to the memory block when either the compare bit or the wildcard bit is asserted; and a logic unit that receives a mode value and the input address and provides the wildcard bit to each of the address decoders. Data can be simultaneously written into the memory array in patterns in accordance with the mode value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Manoj Gunwani, Hare K. Verma, Cordell Prater