Patents by Inventor Gilles Joseph Maurice Muller

Gilles Joseph Maurice Muller 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: 11961558
    Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) device includes a non-volatile memory device with an array of non-volatile memory cells, and an isolation circuit configured to conduct voltage from an internal voltage supply to one of the memory cells during a hidden write operation to the one of the memory cells, and conduct voltage from an external voltage supply to the one of the memory cells during a non-hidden write operation to the one of the memory cells. Current at the external voltage supply can be monitored external to the IC device during the non-hidden write operation, and current of the internal voltage supply is provided by a capacitor that cannot be monitored external to the IC device during the hidden write operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Tahmina Akhter, Gilles Joseph Maurice Muller
  • Publication number: 20230083511
    Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) device includes a non-volatile memory device with an array of non-volatile memory cells, and an isolation circuit configured to conduct voltage from an internal voltage supply to one of the memory cells during a hidden write operation to the one of the memory cells, and conduct voltage from an external voltage supply to the one of the memory cells during a non-hidden write operation to the one of the memory cells. Current at the external voltage supply can be monitored external to the IC device during the non-hidden write operation, and current of the internal voltage supply is provided by a capacitor that cannot be monitored external to the IC device during the hidden write operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Tahmina Akhter, Gilles Joseph Maurice Muller
  • Patent number: 11521665
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory includes resistive cells, write circuitry, and write detect circuitry. Each resistive cell has a resistive storage element and is coupled to a corresponding first column line and corresponding second column line. The write circuitry is configured to provide a write current through a resistive storage element of a selected resistive memory cell during a write operation based on an input data value. The write detect circuitry is configured to generate a reference voltage using a voltage at the corresponding first column line coupled to the selected resistive memory cell at an initial time of the write operation, and, during the write operation, after the initial time, provide a write detect signal based on a comparison between the voltage at the corresponding first column line coupled to the selected resistive memory cell and the reference voltage, wherein the input data value is based on the write detect signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob T. Williams, Gilles Joseph Maurice Muller, Karthik Ramanan, Jon Scott Choy
  • Publication number: 20220358982
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory includes resistive cells, write circuitry, and write detect circuitry. Each resistive cell has a resistive storage element and is coupled to a corresponding first column line and corresponding second column line. The write circuitry is configured to provide a write current through a resistive storage element of a selected resistive memory cell during a write operation based on an input data value. The write detect circuitry is configured to generate a reference voltage using a voltage at the corresponding first column line coupled to the selected resistive memory cell at an initial time of the write operation, and, during the write operation, after the initial time, provide a write detect signal based on a comparison between the voltage at the corresponding first column line coupled to the selected resistive memory cell and the reference voltage, wherein the input data value is based on the write detect signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Jacob T. Williams, Gilles Joseph Maurice Muller, Karthik Ramanan, Jon Scott Choy