Patents by Inventor Dave McIntyre

Dave McIntyre 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).

  • Magnetic memory devices having selective error encoding capability based on fault probabilities
    Patent number: 7325157
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a magnetic memory. In one embodiment, the magnetic memory comprises an array of memory cells and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to receive data, sort the received data to obtain unchanged data and ECC encoded data, and store the unchanged data and the ECC encoded data in the array of memory cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Robert Sesek, Terrel Munden, Kenneth Kay Smith, Dave McIntyre, Stewart Wyatt
  • Magnetic memory
    Publication number: 20050094459
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a magnetic memory. In one embodiment, the magnetic memory comprises an array of memory cells and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to receive data, sort the received data to obtain unchanged data and ECC encoded data, and store the unchanged data and the ECC encoded data in the array of memory cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Sesek, Terrel Munden, Kenneth Smith, Dave McIntyre, Stewart Wyatt