Patents by Inventor Guy Vanzo

Guy Vanzo 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).

  • TESTING AND REPAIR METHODOLOGY FOR MEMORIES HAVING REDUNDANCY
    Publication number: 20050188287
    Abstract: A method of testing and repairing an integrated circuit having a total number of fuses for effecting repair of the integrated circuit. The method including: testing a memory array with a set of tests and reserving a first number of the total number of fuses for use in repairing the memory array based on results of the first set of tests; and shmoo testing the memory array by incrementing, decrementing or incrementing and decrementing values of a test parameter until a minimum or maximum value of the test parameter is reached that utilizes a second number of the total number of fuses for use in repairing the memory array to operate at the minimum or maximum value of the test parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Combs, Dale Grosch, Toshiharu Saitoh, Guy Vanzo