Patents by Inventor Gil L Winograd

Gil L Winograd 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: 7710811
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a memory is provided that includes: a plurality of memory cells arranged in columns, each column coupled to a corresponding bit line; a sense amplifier adapted to sense the voltage on a pair of the bit lines to determine a binary state of an accessed memory cell coupled to a first one of the bit lines in the pair; and a first trim capacitor having a first terminal directly coupled to one of the bit lines in the pair, the first trim capacitor having an opposing second terminal coupled to a first trim capacitor signal, the memory being adapted to change a voltage of the first trim capacitor signal while the sense amplifier senses the voltage to determine the binary state of the accessed memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Novelics, LLC
    Inventors: Esin Terzioglu, Gil L Winograd, Morteza Cyrus Afghahi
  • Publication number: 20080130350
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) is provided that includes: a substrate including a plurality of access transistors, and a plurality of storage capacitors corresponding uniquely to the plurality of access transistors, each storage capacitor being formed in a plurality of semiconductor manufacturing process metal layers adjacent the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Esin Terzioglu, Gil L. Winograd, Morteza Cyrus Afghahi
  • Publication number: 20080130391
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a memory is provided that includes: a plurality of memory cells arranged in columns, each column coupled to a corresponding bit line; a sense amplifier adapted to sense the voltage on a pair of the bit lines to determine a binary state of an accessed memory cell coupled to a first one of the bit lines in the pair; and a first trim capacitor having a first terminal directly coupled to one of the bit lines in the pair, the first trim capacitor having an opposing second terminal coupled to a first trim capacitor signal, the memory being adapted to change a voltage of the first trim capacitor signal while the sense amplifier senses the voltage to determine the binary state of the accessed memory cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Esin Terzioglu, Gil L. Winograd, Morteza Cyrus Afghahi