Patents by Inventor Francesco Farina

Francesco Farina 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: 6351413
    Abstract: The memory array comprises a plurality of cells, grouped together in sectors and arranged in sector rows and columns, and has both hierarchical row decoding and hierarchical column decoding. Global word lines are connected to at least two word lines in each sector, through local row decoders; global bit lines are connected to at least two local bit lines in each sector, through local column decoders. The global column decoder is arranged in the center of the memory array, and separates from each other an upper half and a lower half of the memory array. Sense amplifiers are also arranged in the middle of the array, thus saving space. This architecture also provides lesser stress of the cells, better reliability, and better production performance. In addition, each sector is completely disconnected from the remaining sectors, and only the faulty row or column of a single sector should be doubled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.rll.
    Inventors: Rino Micheloni, Giovanni Campardo, Stefano Commodaro, Francesco Farina
  • Patent number: 4304875
    Abstract: A flexible, elastic, uniform polyurethane foam is cold foamed and set from a composition of matter comprising (i) a polyisocyanate, (ii) a polyether-polyol having a molecular weight ranging from 800 to 50,000 and at least 2.1 hydroxyl radicals per mol, of which hydroxyl radicals at least 35% are primary hydroxyl radicals, (iii) a stabilizing amount of an organosilicon stabilizer therefor, and (iv) a blowing agent; said organo silicon stabilizer being a triorganosilylated polypentaerythritol having the structural formula:(R.sub.3 SiOCH.sub.2).sub.4-a C{CH.sub.2 OCH.sub.2 C(CH.sub.2 OSiR.sub.3).sub.3 }.sub.awherein each R, which may be the same or different, is methyl, ethyl or vinyl, at least one R per each --SiR.sub.3 group being methyl, and further wherein a is 1, 2, 3 or 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1981
    Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Industries
    Inventors: Maurice Duvernay, Francesco Farina, Andre Guillaume