Patents by Inventor Martin Ostermayr

Martin Ostermayr 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: 6448617
    Abstract: A semiconductor read-only memory configuration in which two intermediate cell halves are directly adjacent to one another perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of a word line and are periodically repeated in the longitudinal direction of the word line. In a first intermediate cell half, the polycrystalline silicon of the word lines is ruptured and a substrate contact is set, and in a second intermediate cell half, the polycrystalline silicon is refreshed. These intermediate cell halves are adjacent to one another, and the first and the second intermediate cell halves are alternately interchanged. Instead of requiring two intermediate cells, the semiconductor read-only memory configuration requires just one intermediate cell that includes the two intermediate cell halves which are used in an alternately mirrored manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ekkart Martin, Martin Ostermayr
  • Publication number: 20020060347
    Abstract: A semiconductor read-only memory configuration in which two intermediate cell halves are directly adjacent to one another perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of a word line and are periodically repeated in the longitudinal direction of the word line. In a first intermediate cell half, the polycrystalline silicon of the word lines is ruptured and a substrate contact is set, and in a second intermediate cell half, the polycrystalline silicon is refreshed. These intermediate cell halves are adjacent to one another, and the first and the second intermediate cell halves are alternately interchanged. Instead of requiring two intermediate cells, the semiconductor read-only memory configuration requires just one intermediate cell that includes the two intermediate cell halves which are used in an alternately mirrored manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Ekkart Martin, Martin Ostermayr