Patents by Inventor Massimiliano Innocenti

Massimiliano Innocenti 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: 8411492
    Abstract: A memory base cell stores a bit of information implemented from a regular and compact structure made up of multiple identical and replicated base elements, on the “sea of gates” model, in which the base element of the structure is a cell able to be configured with a minimum width in relation to the particular technology used. Such a cell includes a bistable element with an input node operatively connected to a writing data line of the memory base cell, and an output node operatively connected to a reading data line of the memory base cell. The bistable element also has a first inverter and a second inverter arranged in a feedback configuration with respect to one another between the input node and the output node of the bistable element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.R.L.
    Inventors: Valentina Nardone, Stefano Pucillo, Roberto Canegallo, Claudio Mucci, Massimiliano Innocenti, Luca Perugini
  • Patent number: 8390330
    Abstract: A circuit base cell is for implementing an engineering change order (ECO) obtained on a semiconductor substrate. The base cell may include a PMOS transistor having a first active region obtained in a first diffusion P+ layer implanted in an N-well provided for on the substrate, and an NMOS transistor having a second active region obtained in a second diffusion N+ layer implanted on the substrate in such a manner as to be electrically insulated from the first diffusion P+ layer. The cell may be characterized in that the active regions and the diffusion layers are aligned therebetween with respect to a reference axis and they are extended symmetrically in the direction orthogonal to the axis. A first and a second width may be associated with the active regions and to the diffusion layers, respectively. The first and second width may be greater than a width of the cell, which is equivalent to a pitch of the standard minimum cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.R.L.
    Inventors: Luca Ciccarelli, Roberto Canegallo, Claudio Mucci, Massimiliano Innocenti, Valentina Nardone
  • Publication number: 20120075920
    Abstract: A memory base cell stores a bit of information implemented from a regular and compact structure made up of multiple identical and replicated base elements, on the “sea of gates” Model, in which the base element of the structure is a cell able to be configured with a minimum width in relation to the particular technology used. Such a cell includes a bistable element with an input node operatively connected to a writing data line of the memory base cell, and an output node operatively connected to a reading data line of the memory base cell. The bistable element also has a first inverter and a second inverter arranged in a feedback configuration with respect to one another between the input node and the output node of the bistable element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.I.
    Inventors: Valentina NARDONE, Stefano Pucillo, Roberto Canegallo, Claudio Mucci, Massimiliano Innocenti, Luca Perugini
  • Publication number: 20120001655
    Abstract: A circuit base cell is for implementing an engineering change order (ECO) obtained on a semiconductor substrate. The base cell may include a PMOS transistor having a first active region obtained in a first diffusion P+ layer implanted in an N-well provided for on the substrate, and an NMOS transistor having a second active region obtained in a second diffusion N+ layer implanted on the substrate in such a manner as to be electrically insulated from the first diffusion P+ layer. The cell may be characterized in that the active regions and the diffusion layers are aligned therebetween with respect to a reference axis and they are extended symmetrically in the direction orthogonal to the axis. A first and a second width may be associated with the active regions and to the diffusion layers, respectively. The first and second width may be greater than a width of the cell, which is equivalent to a pitch of the standard minimum cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.I.
    Inventors: Luca CICCARELLI, Roberto Canegallo, Claudio Mucci, Massimiliano Innocenti, Valentina Nardone
  • Patent number: 7965107
    Abstract: A base cell for an Engineering Change Order (ECO) implementation having at least a first pair of CMOS transistors and a second pair of CMOS transistors, characterized in that said at least first pair of CMOS transistors have a common gate and said at least second pair of CMOS transistors have separate gates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Luca Ciccarelli, Lorenzo Cali, Massimiliano Innocenti, Claudio Mucci, Valentina Nardone, Matteo Pizzotti, Pankaj Rohilla
  • Publication number: 20100164547
    Abstract: A base cell for an Engineering Change Order (ECO) implementation having at least a first pair of CMOS transistors and a second pair of CMOS transistors, characterized in that said at least first pair of CMOS transistors have a common gate and said at least second pair of CMOS transistors have separate gates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicants: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L., STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD.
    Inventors: Luca Ciccarelli, Lorenzo Cali, Massimiliano Innocenti, Claudio Mucci, Valentina Nardone, Matteo Pizzotti, Pankaj Rohilla