Patents by Inventor Keith Jordan White

Keith Jordan White 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: 6477095
    Abstract: A method according to the present invention is provided for determining memory device identification. The method invokes a serial output from n identification fuses of two or more memory devices, the output for identifying the device, and sampling the serial output every nth bit to determine a fuse state for a fuse of each device. The method further repeats the sampling for all n fuses to acquire fuse data for all devices, and determines a pass/fail string corresponding to the sampled output, the pass/fail string being employed to identify the devices through a parallel test and burn-in system. The output is on an enabled data line which is used during the burn-in test wherein other data lines are disabled for avoiding bus contention. The method also includes storing the pass/fail string for the data in a database, and translating the pass/fail string using a structured query language expression executed against the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Richmond, LP
    Inventors: Keith Jordan White, Mark Daniel Eubanks
  • Publication number: 20020085439
    Abstract: A method according to the present invention is provided for determining memory device identification. The method invokes a serial output from n identification fuses of two or more memory devices, the output for identifying the device, and sampling the serial output every nth bit to determine a fuse state for a fuse of each device. The method further repeats the sampling for all n fuses to acquire fuse data for all devices, and determines a pass/fail string corresponding to the sampled output, the pass/fail string being employed to identify the devices through a parallel test and burn-in system. The output is on an enabled data line which is used during the burn-in test wherein other data lines are disabled for avoiding bus contention. The method also includes storing the pass/fail string for the data in a database, and translating the pass/fail string using a structured query language expression executed against the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Keith Jordan White, Mark Daniel Eubanks