Patents by Inventor Marc Willam

Marc Willam 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).

  • Electronic apparatus having non-volatile memory and method for controlling the same
    Patent number: 9471483
    Abstract: Electronic apparatus, comprising: non-volatile memory configured to be written to or read from in memory portions which are erased a sector at a time, each said sector comprising a plurality of said portions, and the memory having at least three said sectors each of which is adapted to be erased independently of the others; and control means operable to control erasing of the sectors, wherein: the control means is configured to store in a plurality of the sectors other than a target said sector erasure information concerning an erasure procedure, the erasure procedure involving erasing the target sector, so that such information in the sectors may be inspected to establish a suitable recovery procedure following an interruption event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR EUROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Richard Landenbach, Marc Willam, Hartmut Sturm, Kai Dieffenbach
  • ELECTRONIC APPARATUSES
    Publication number: 20130219110
    Abstract: Electronic apparatus, comprising: non-volatile memory configured to be written to or read from in memory portions which are erased a sector at a time, each said sector comprising a plurality of said portions, and the memory having at least three said sectors each of which is adapted to be erased independently of the others; and control means operable to control erasing of the sectors, wherein: the control means is configured to store in a plurality of the sectors other than a target said sector erasure information concerning an erasure procedure, the erasure procedure involving erasing the target sector, so that such information in the sectors may be inspected to establish a suitable recovery procedure following an interruption event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR EUROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Richard Landenbach, Marc Willam, Hartmut Sturm, Kai Dieffenbach