Patents by Inventor Hofmann Franz

Hofmann Franz 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).

  • Sense amplifier with dual gate precharge and decode transistors
    Patent number: 9251871
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sense amplifier for sensing and amplifying data stored in a memory cell, the sense amplifier being connected between a bit line (BL) and a reference bit line complementary (/BL) to the first bit line and comprising: a sense circuit (SC) capable of providing an output indicative of the data stored in the memory cell; and a precharge and decode circuit (PDC) comprising a pair of dual gate transistors (T5, T6) for precharging the first and second bit lines during a precharge operation and for transferring the output provided by the sense circuit to a data line (LIO,/LIO) during a read operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Soitec
    Inventors: Richard Ferrant, Joerg Vollrath, Roland Thewes, Wolfgang Hoenlein, Hofmann Franz, Gerhard Enders
  • SENSE AMPLIFIER WITH DUAL GATE PRECHARGE AND DECODE TRANSISTORS
    Publication number: 20140321225
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sense amplifier for sensing and amplifying data stored in a memory cell, the sense amplifier being connected between a bit line (BL) and a reference bit line complementary (/BL) to the first bit line and comprising: a sense circuit (SC) capable of providing an output indicative of the data stored in the memory cell; and a precharge and decode circuit (PDC) comprising a pair of dual gate transistors (T5, T6) for precharging the first and second bit lines during a precharge operation and for transferring the output provided by the sense circuit to a data line (LIO,/LIO) during a read operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: SOITEC
    Inventors: Richard Ferrant, Joerg Vollrath, Roland Thewes, Wolfgang Hoenlein, Hofmann Franz, Gerhard Enders