Patents by Inventor David Lippincott

David Lippincott 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: 9250992
    Abstract: In some implementations, a built-in self-test (BIST) circuitry of a memory device is configured to perform an execution of a test sequence to test the memory device, wherein performing the execution comprises generating addresses of the memory device in accordance with the test sequence and advancing a value of a modulo counter as each of the addresses is generated, enable error logging when a generated address and a value of the modulo counter corresponding to the generated address match an address and a value of the modulo counter stored for a previously detected error, detect an error in data read from the memory device after enabling error logging, and store information associated with the detected error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Kit Sang Tam, Winston Lee, Robert Bateman, Kresten V. McGrath, David Lippincott