Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Scott Sather

Jeffrey Scott Sather 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).

  • Method and apparatus for writing data states to non-volatile storage devices
    Patent number: 6178111
    Abstract: Disclosed are apparatus and methods for efficiently writing states to one or more magneto-resistive elements. In one embodiment, current switches are provided for directing a write current through a number of write lines to control the write state of the magneto-resistive elements. In another embodiment, a sense current is selectively controlled to control which magneto-resistive elements are written to a particular state. In both embodiments, a latching element may be used to sense the state of the magneto-resistive elements, and may assume a corresponding logic state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Sather, Theodore Zhu, Yong Lu