Patents by Inventor Massimo Caruso

Massimo Caruso 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).

  • Memory device and method for coupling a main bitline to two points of a local bitline
    Patent number: 11380393
    Abstract: An embodiment non-volatile memory device includes an array of memory cells arranged in rows and columns; a plurality of local bitlines; and a plurality of main bitlines, each main bitline being coupleable to a corresponding subset of local bitlines. The memory cells of each column are coupled to a corresponding local bitline. The memory device further includes a column decoder, which can be controlled electronically so as to couple each main bitline to a selected local bitline of the corresponding subset of local bitlines. The column decoder couples each main bitline to two different points of the corresponding selected local bitline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL N.V.
    Inventors: Maurizio Francesco Perroni, Fabio Enrico Carlo Disegni, Massimo Caruso, Cesare Torti
  • MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THEREOF
    Publication number: 20210193221
    Abstract: An embodiment non-volatile memory device includes an array of memory cells arranged in rows and columns; a plurality of local bitlines; and a plurality of main bitlines, each main bitline being coupleable to a corresponding subset of local bitlines. The memory cells of each column are coupled to a corresponding local bitline. The memory device further includes a column decoder, which can be controlled electronically so as to couple each main bitline to a selected local bitline of the corresponding subset of local bitlines. The column decoder couples each main bitline to two different points of the corresponding selected local bitline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Maurizio Francesco Perroni, Fabio Enrico Carlo Disegni, Massimo Caruso, Cesare Torti