Patents by Inventor Mahdi Jamali

Mahdi Jamali 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: 11380381
    Abstract: A memory device may include a digit line, a ferroelectric memory cell coupled with the digit line, a first capacitor including a first node and a second node, the first node coupled with the digit line using a first path and the second node coupled with the digit line using a second path different from the first path, and a switching component positioned in the second path and coupled with the second node of the first capacitor and the digit line, the switching component configured to selectively couple the second node of the first capacitor with the digit line. In some cases, the memory device may further include a second capacitor coupled with the digit line and the second node of the first capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuko Hattori, Mahdi Jamali
  • Publication number: 20210151090
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for canceling memory cell variations are described. A memory device may include a digit line, a ferroelectric memory cell coupled with the digit line, a first capacitor including a first node and a second node, the first node coupled with the digit line using a first path and the second node coupled with the digit line using a second path different from the first path, and a switching component positioned in the second path and coupled with the second node of the first capacitor and the digit line, the switching component configured to selectively couple the second node of the first capacitor with the digit line. In some cases, the memory device may further include a second capacitor coupled with the digit line and the second node of the first capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Yasuko Hattori, Mahdi Jamali
  • Patent number: 10930324
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for self-referencing sensing schemes with coupling capacitance are described. A sense component of a memory device may include a capacitive coupling between two nodes of the sense component. The capacitive coupling may, in some examples, be provided by a capacitive element of the sense component or an intrinsic capacitance between features of the sense component. An example of a method employing such a sense component for detecting a logic state stored by a memory cell may include generating a first sense signal at one of the nodes while the node is coupled with the memory cell, and generating a second sense signal at the other of the nodes while the other node is coupled with the memory cell. The sense signals may be based at least in part on the capacitive coupling between the two nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mahdi Jamali, William A. Melton, Daniele Vimercati, Xinwei Guo, Yasuko Hattori
  • Patent number: 10878874
    Abstract: A memory device may include a digit line, a ferroelectric memory cell coupled with the digit line, a first capacitor including a first node and a second node, the first node coupled with the digit line using a first path and the second node coupled with the digit line using a second path different from the first path, and a switching component positioned in the second path and coupled with the second node of the first capacitor and the digit line, the switching component configured to selectively couple the second node of the first capacitor with the digit line. In some cases, the memory device may further include a second capacitor coupled with the digit line and the second node of the first capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuko Hattori, Mahdi Jamali
  • Patent number: 10878985
    Abstract: A material may include at least one of BixSe(1-x), BixTe(1-x), or SbxTe(1-x), where x is greater than 0 and less than 1. In some examples, the material exhibits a Spin Hall Angle of greater than 3.5 at room temperature. The disclosure also describes examples of devices that include a spin-orbit torque generating layer, in which the spin-orbit torque generating layer includes at least one of BixSe(1-x), BixTe(1-x), or SbxTe(1-x), where x is greater than 0 and less than 1. In some examples, the spin-orbit torque generating layer exhibits a Spin Hall Angle of greater than 3.5 at room temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Jian-Ping Wang, Mahendra DC, Mahdi Jamali, Andre Mkhoyan, Danielle Hickey
  • Publication number: 20200279590
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for self-referencing sensing schemes with coupling capacitance are described. A sense component of a memory device may include a capacitive coupling between two nodes of the sense component. The capacitive coupling may, in some examples, be provided by a capacitive element of the sense component or an intrinsic capacitance between features of the sense component. An example of a method employing such a sense component for detecting a logic state stored by a memory cell may include generating a first sense signal at one of the nodes while the node is coupled with the memory cell, and generating a second sense signal at the other of the nodes while the other node is coupled with the memory cell. The sense signals may be based at least in part on the capacitive coupling between the two nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Mahdi Jamali, William A. Melton, Daniele Vimercati, Xinwei Guo, Yasuko Hattori
  • Patent number: 10692547
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for self-referencing sensing schemes with coupling capacitance are described. A sense component of a memory device may include a capacitive coupling between two nodes of the sense component. The capacitive coupling may, in some examples, be provided by a capacitive element of the sense component or an intrinsic capacitance between features of the sense component. An example of a method employing such a sense component for detecting a logic state stored by a memory cell may include generating a first sense signal at one of the nodes while the node is coupled with the memory cell, and generating a second sense signal at the other of the nodes while the other node is coupled with the memory cell. The sense signals may be based at least in part on the capacitive coupling between the two nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mahdi Jamali, William A. Melton, Daniele Vimercati, Xinwei Guo, Yasuko Hattori
  • Publication number: 20200152243
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for self-referencing sensing schemes with coupling capacitance are described. A sense component of a memory device may include a capacitive coupling between two nodes of the sense component. The capacitive coupling may, in some examples, be provided by a capacitive element of the sense component or an intrinsic capacitance between features of the sense component. An example of a method employing such a sense component for detecting a logic state stored by a memory cell may include generating a first sense signal at one of the nodes while the node is coupled with the memory cell, and generating a second sense signal at the other of the nodes while the other node is coupled with the memory cell. The sense signals may be based at least in part on the capacitive coupling between the two nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Mahdi Jamali, William A. Melton, Daniele Vimercati, Xinwei Guo, Yasuko Hattori
  • Patent number: 10573355
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for self-referencing sensing schemes with coupling capacitance are described. A sense component of a memory device may include a capacitive coupling between two nodes of the sense component. The capacitive coupling may, in some examples, be provided by a capacitive element of the sense component or an intrinsic capacitance between features of the sense component. An example of a method employing such a sense component for detecting a logic state stored by a memory cell may include generating a first sense signal at one of the nodes while the node is coupled with the memory cell, and generating a second sense signal at the other of the nodes while the other node is coupled with the memory cell. The sense signals may be based at least in part on the capacitive coupling between the two nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mahdi Jamali, William A. Melton, Daniele Vimercati, Xinwei Guo, Yasuko Hattori
  • Publication number: 20200013437
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for self-referencing sensing schemes with coupling capacitance are described. A sense component of a memory device may include a capacitive coupling between two nodes of the sense component. The capacitive coupling may, in some examples, be provided by a capacitive element of the sense component or an intrinsic capacitance between features of the sense component. An example of a method employing such a sense component for detecting a logic state stored by a memory cell may include generating a first sense signal at one of the nodes while the node is coupled with the memory cell, and generating a second sense signal at the other of the nodes while the other node is coupled with the memory cell. The sense signals may be based at least in part on the capacitive coupling between the two nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Mahdi Jamali, William A. Melton, Daniele Vimercati, Xinwei Guo, Yasuko Hattori
  • Patent number: 10529775
    Abstract: This disclosure describes an example device that includes a first contact line, a second contact line, a spin-orbital coupling channel, and a magnet. The spin-orbital coupling channel is coupled to, and is positioned between, the first contact line and second contact line. The magnet is coupled to the spin-orbital coupling channel and positioned between the first contact line and the second contact line. A resistance of the magnet and spin-orbital coupling channel is a unidirectional magnetoresistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Jian-Ping Wang, Yang Lv, Mahdi Jamali
  • Publication number: 20190341094
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for canceling memory cell variations are described. A memory device may include a digit line, a ferroelectric memory cell coupled with the digit line, a first capacitor including a first node and a second node, the first node coupled with the digit line using a first path and the second node coupled with the digit line using a second path different from the first path, and a switching component positioned in the second path and coupled with the second node of the first capacitor and the digit line, the switching component configured to selectively couple the second node of the first capacitor with the digit line. In some cases, the memory device may further include a second capacitor coupled with the digit line and the second node of the first capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuko Hattori, Mahdi Jamali
  • Patent number: 10395697
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for self-referencing sensing schemes with coupling capacitance are described. A sense component of a memory device may include a capacitive coupling between two nodes of the sense component. The capacitive coupling may, in some examples, be provided by a capacitive element of the sense component or an intrinsic capacitance between features of the sense component. An example of a method employing such a sense component for detecting a logic state stored by a memory cell may include generating a first sense signal at one of the nodes while the node is coupled with the memory cell, and generating a second sense signal at the other of the nodes while the other node is coupled with the memory cell. The sense signals may be based at least in part on the capacitive coupling between the two nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mahdi Jamali, William A. Melton, Daniele Vimercati, Xinwei Guo, Yasuko Hattori
  • Patent number: 10388353
    Abstract: A memory device may include a digit line, a ferroelectric memory cell coupled with the digit line, a first capacitor including a first node and a second node, the first node coupled with the digit line using a first path and the second node coupled with the digit line using a second path different from the first path, and a switching component positioned in the second path and coupled with the second node of the first capacitor and the digit line. The switching component may selectively couple the second node of the first capacitor with the digit line. In some cases, the memory device may also include a second capacitor coupled with the digit line and the second node of the first capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuko Hattori, Mahdi Jamali
  • Publication number: 20190244641
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for self-referencing sensing schemes with coupling capacitance are described. A sense component of a memory device may include a capacitive coupling between two nodes of the sense component. The capacitive coupling may, in some examples, be provided by a capacitive element of the sense component or an intrinsic capacitance between features of the sense component. An example of a method employing such a sense component for detecting a logic state stored by a memory cell may include generating a first sense signal at one of the nodes while the node is coupled with the memory cell, and generating a second sense signal at the other of the nodes while the other node is coupled with the memory cell. The sense signals may be based at least in part on the capacitive coupling between the two nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Mahdi Jamali, William A. Melton, Daniele Vimercati, Xinwei Guo, Yasuko Hattori
  • Publication number: 20190237510
    Abstract: This disclosure describes an example device that includes a first contact line, a second contact line, a spin-orbital coupling channel, and a magnet. The spin-orbital coupling channel is coupled to, and is positioned between, the first contact line and second contact line. The magnet is coupled to the spin-orbital coupling channel and positioned between the first contact line and the second contact line. A resistance of the magnet and spin-orbital coupling channel is a unidirectional magnetoresistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Jian-Ping Wang, Yang Lv, Mahdi Jamali
  • Patent number: 10302711
    Abstract: An article may include a substantially perpendicularly magnetized free layer having a first magnetic orientation in the absence of an applied magnetic field. The article may also include a spin Hall channel layer configured to conduct a spin current configured to subject the perpendicularly magnetized free layer to a magnetic switching torque and a substantially in-plane magnetized bias layer configured to bias the substantially perpendicularly magnetized free layer to a second magnetic orientation. The second magnetic orientation is different than the first magnetic orientation and is out of a plane of the substantially perpendicularly magnetized free layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Jian-Ping Wang, Angeline Klemm Smith, Mahdi Jamali, Zhengyang Zhao
  • Patent number: 10283561
    Abstract: This disclosure describes an example device that includes a first contact line, a second contact line, a spin-orbital coupling channel, and a magnet. The spin-orbital coupling channel is coupled to, and is positioned between, the first contact line and second contact line. The magnet is coupled to the spin-orbital coupling channel and positioned between the first contact line and the second contact line. A resistance of the magnet and spin-orbital coupling channel is a unidirectional magnetoresistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Jian-Ping Wang, Yang Lv, Mahdi Jamali
  • Patent number: 10217522
    Abstract: In some examples, an electronic device comprising an input ferroelectric (FE) capacitor, an output FE capacitor, and a channel positioned beneath the input FE capacitor and positioned beneath the output FE capacitor. In some examples, the channel is configured to carry a magnetic signal from the input FE capacitor to the output FE capacitor to cause a voltage change at the output FE capacitor. In some examples, the electronic device further comprises a transistor-based drive circuit electrically connected to an output node of the output FE capacitor. In some examples, the transistor-based drive circuit is configured to deliver, based on the voltage change at the output FE capacitor, an output signal to an input node of a second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Jian-Ping Wang, Mahdi Jamali, Sachin S. Sapatnekar, Meghna G. Mankalale, Zhaoxin Liang, Angeline Klemm Smith, Mahendra DC, Hyung-il Kim, Zhengyang Zhao
  • Publication number: 20180203077
    Abstract: An article may include a substantially perpendicularly magnetized free layer having a first magnetic orientation in the absence of an applied magnetic field. The article may also include a spin Hall channel layer configured to conduct a spin current configured to subject the perpendicularly magnetized free layer to a magnetic switching torque and a substantially in-plane magnetized bias layer configured to bias the substantially perpendicularly magnetized free layer to a second magnetic orientation. The second magnetic orientation is different than the first magnetic orientation and is out of a plane of the substantially perpendicularly magnetized free layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Jian-Ping Wang, Angeline Klemm Smith, Mahdi Jamali, Zhengyang Zhao