Patents by Inventor L. David Sikes

L. David Sikes 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: 6249841
    Abstract: An integrated circuit memory device and method incorporating Flash and ferroelectric random access memory arrays integrated on a common substrate. The present invention allows a relatively small amount of ferroelectric random access memory to mitigate many of the erase and write time disadvantages exhibited by current Flash technology devices. In particular, whether combined together as a single stand-alone memory device or embedded together as a portion of a processor, microcontroller or application specific integrated circuit (“ASIC”), a block of ferroelectric memory that is sized to match the largest sector of Flash memory can effectively compensate for the latter's slow erasure and write times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Ramtron International Corporation
    Inventors: L. David Sikes, Michael Alwais, Donald G. Carrigan