Patents by Inventor Dennis Robert Wilson

Dennis Robert Wilson 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).

  • Ferroelectric memory
    Publication number: 20040119105
    Abstract: A ferroelectric memory cell that is more compact and uses less power includes a word line connected to a gate of a transistor. A ferroelectric capacitor has a first plate connected to a drain of the transistor. A bit line is connected to a source of the transistor and runs perpendicular to the word line. A plate line forms a second plate of the ferroelectric capacitor. The plate line runs parallel to the bit line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventor: Dennis Robert Wilson
  • Dynamic sense-refresh detector amplifier
    Patent number: 4028557
    Abstract: A dynamic sense-refresh detector amplifier consists essentially of a cross coupled MOS transistor pair and two sets of load-refresh circuits which each include a capacitor and three MOS transistors. The load-refresh circuits eliminate the negative effect of threshold voltage losses on noise margin by allowing the memory cells from which information is read out and sensed to be refreshed to full 1 and 0 levels. The dynamic operation of the amplifier allows for relatively low power dissipation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1977
    Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventor: Dennis Robert Wilson