Patents by Inventor Michael A. Van Bushkirk

Michael A. Van Bushkirk 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: 9263133
    Abstract: Techniques for providing a semiconductor memory device are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a semiconductor memory device including a plurality of memory cells arranged in an array of rows and columns, each memory cell. Each of the memory cell may include a first region coupled to a source line, a second region coupled to a bit line, and a body region capacitively coupled to at least one word line via a gate region and disposed between the first region and the second region, wherein the body region may include a plurality of floating body regions and a plurality of floating gate regions capacitively coupled to the at least one word line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Srinivasa R. Banna, Michael A. Van Bushkirk, Timothy Thurgate