Patents by Inventor Guenther Potz

Guenther Potz 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: 4445202
    Abstract: For read-only storages and in particular for PLA applications, improved coupling elements together with an associated personalization scheme permit the storing of at least two memory (or logic) connection patterns selectable independently of each other. Quick electrical switching between at least two functional modes in the same storage array, is also provided. One device field effect transistor (FET) cells with specific gate configurations depending on the respective personalization state are used as coupling elements. For instance, in a two-fold personalization permanent storage, the coupling elements consist of FETs with two gate sections provided one beside the other. For a connection to be established in only one of the two possible functions at the respective crosspoint, one of the gate sections is connected to the control line provided for the functional selection. The remaining gate section is connected to the associated input line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1984
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Volkmar Goetze, Ekkehard F. Miersch, Guenther Potz