Patents by Inventor Jonathan Alois Schmitt

Jonathan Alois Schmitt 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).

  • Memory device using antifuses
    Patent number: 8089821
    Abstract: Herein described is a method of implementing one or more native NMOS antifuses in an integrated circuit. Also described is a method for programming one or more native NMOS antifuses used within a memory device. The method further comprises verifying one or more states of the one or more native NMOS antifuses after the programming has been performed. In a representative embodiment, the one or more native NMOS antifuses are implemented by blocking the implantation of a dopant into a substrate of an integrated circuit. In a representative embodiment, an integrated circuit incorporates the use of one or more native NMOS antifuses. In a representative embodiment, the integrated circuit comprises a memory device, such as a one time programmable memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Alois Schmitt, Laurentiu Vasiliu, Myron Buer
  • MEMORY DEVICE USING ANTIFUSES
    Publication number: 20100118584
    Abstract: Herein described is a method of implementing one or more native NMOS antifuses in an integrated circuit. Also described is a method for programming one or more native NMOS antifuses used within a memory device. The method further comprises verifying one or more states of the one or more native NMOS antifuses after the programming has been performed. In a representative embodiment, the one or more native NMOS antifuses are implemented by blocking the implantation of a dopant into a substrate of an integrated circuit. In a representative embodiment, an integrated circuit incorporates the use of one or more native NMOS antifuses. In a representative embodiment, the integrated circuit comprises a memory device, such as a one time programmable memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2010
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Jonathan Alois Schmitt, Laurentiu Vasiliu, Myron Buer
  • Memory device using antifuses
    Patent number: 7649798
    Abstract: Herein described is a method of implementing one or more native NMOS antifuses in an integrated circuit. Also described is a method for programming one or more native NMOS antifuses used within a memory device. The method further comprises verifying one or more states of the one or more native NMOS antifuses after the programming has been performed. In a representative embodiment, the one or more native NMOS antifuses are implemented by blocking the implantation of a dopant into a substrate of an integrated circuit. In a representative embodiment, an integrated circuit incorporates the use of one or more native NMOS antifuses. In a representative embodiment, the integrated circuit comprises a memory device, such as a one time programmable memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Alois Schmitt, Laurentiu Vasiliu, Myron Buer
  • Memory device using antifuses
    Publication number: 20080043509
    Abstract: Herein described is a method of implementing one or more native NMOS antifuses in an integrated circuit. Also described is a method for programming one or more native NMOS antifuses used within a memory device. The method further comprises verifying one or more states of the one or more native NMOS antifuses after the programming has been performed. In a representative embodiment, the one or more native NMOS antifuses are implemented by blocking the implantation of a dopant into a substrate of an integrated circuit. In a representative embodiment, an integrated circuit incorporates the use of one or more native NMOS antifuses. In a representative embodiment, the integrated circuit comprises a memory device, such as a one time programmable memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Jonathan Alois Schmitt, Laurentiu Vasiliu, Myron Buer