Patents by Inventor Gabrielle Wing Han Leung

Gabrielle Wing Han Leung 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: 7952938
    Abstract: A memory device comprising an optimization component that facilitates erasing memory cells in a substantially homogeneous electromagnetic field and methods that facilitate erasing memory cells in a substantially homogeneous electromagnetic field are presented. The optimization component facilitates selecting a subset of memory cells to be erased at the same time, such that a memory cell in the subset of memory cells has two neighbor memory cells adjacent thereto that are in the subset of memory, or one neighbor memory cell adjacent thereto when the memory cell is an end-row memory cell. The optimization component facilitates performing a Fowler-Nordheim channel erase to erase the subset of memory cells, and a predetermined voltage potential associated with an erase command is applied to each cell of the subset of memory cells to facilitate reducing fringing effect associated with the electromagnetic fields applied to the cells during the erase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Spansion LLC
    Inventors: Gulzar Ahmed Kathawala, Wei Zheng, Zhizheng Liu, Sung-Yong Chung, Timothy Thurgate, Kuo-Tung Chang, Sheung-Hee Park, Gabrielle Wing Han Leung
  • Publication number: 20100208527
    Abstract: A memory device comprising an optimization component that facilitates erasing memory cells in a substantially homogeneous electromagnetic field and methods that facilitate erasing memory cells in a substantially homogeneous electromagnetic field are presented. The optimization component facilitates selecting a subset of memory cells to be erased at the same time, such that a memory cell in the subset of memory cells has two neighbor memory cells adjacent thereto that are in the subset of memory, or one neighbor memory cell adjacent thereto when the memory cell is an end-row memory cell. The optimization component facilitates performing a Fowler-Nordheim channel erase to erase the subset of memory cells, and a predetermined voltage potential associated with an erase command is applied to each cell of the subset of memory cells to facilitate reducing fringing effect associated with the electromagnetic fields applied to the cells during the erase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: SPANSION LLC
    Inventors: Gulzar Ahmed Kathawala, Wei Zheng, Zhizheng Liu, Sung-Yong Chung, Timothy Thurgate, Kuo-Tung Chang, Sheung-Hee Park, Gabrielle Wing Han Leung
  • Patent number: 7746705
    Abstract: A memory device comprising an optimization component that facilitates erasing memory cells in a substantially homogeneous electromagnetic field and methods that facilitate erasing memory cells in a substantially homogeneous electromagnetic field are presented. The optimization component facilitates selecting a subset of memory cells to be erased at the same time, such that a memory cell in the subset of memory cells has two neighbor memory cells adjacent thereto that are in the subset of memory, or one neighbor memory cell adjacent thereto when the memory cell is an end-row memory cell. The optimization component facilitates performing a Fowler-Nordheim channel erase to erase the subset of memory cells, and a predetermined voltage potential associated with an erase command is applied to each cell of the subset of memory cells to facilitate reducing fringing effect associated with the electromagnetic fields applied to the cells during the erase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Spansion LLC
    Inventors: Gulzar Ahmed Kathawala, Wei Zheng, Zhizheng Liu, Sung-Yong Chung, Timothy Thurgate, Kuo-Tung Chang, Sheung-Hee Park, Gabrielle Wing Han Leung
  • Publication number: 20090147589
    Abstract: A memory device comprising an optimization component that facilitates erasing memory cells in a substantially homogeneous electromagnetic field and methods that facilitate erasing memory cells in a substantially homogeneous electromagnetic field are presented. The optimization component facilitates selecting a subset of memory cells to be erased at the same time, such that a memory cell in the subset of memory cells has two neighbor memory cells adjacent thereto that are in the subset of memory, or one neighbor memory cell adjacent thereto when the memory cell is an end-row memory cell. The optimization component facilitates performing a Fowler-Nordheim channel erase to erase the subset of memory cells, and a predetermined voltage potential associated with an erase command is applied to each cell of the subset of memory cells to facilitate reducing fringing effect associated with the electromagnetic fields applied to the cells during the erase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: Spansion LLC
    Inventors: Gulzar Ahmed Kathawala, Wei Zheng, Zhizheng Liu, Sung-Yong Chung, Timothy Thurgate, Kuo-Tung Chang, Sheung-Hee Park, Gabrielle Wing Han Leung