Patents by Inventor Michael O'Connell

Michael O'Connell 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).

  • Publication number: 20140195305
    Abstract: A method of creating a digital solution, such as a website, for a business where business specific information is collected separately before digital solution information is collected that pertains to the creation and delivery of the digital solution. The business specific information collected may be industry specific, stored separately in the system from digital solution information, and the digital solutions created for optimal presentation on customer computer devices with different configurations through means such as transcoding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: Yehoshua Lehavi, Christopher Michael O'Connell, Devin Laurance Deer, Mario Weck-Samkian, Michael Christopher Frazier, Richard Campbell Abronson, Joshua Ray DeWald, Fabian Edgardo Schonholz
  • Patent number: 8750059
    Abstract: A memory array has a plurality of rows. Each row of the plurality of rows includes a plurality of memory words. Each first bit of a plurality of first bits is associated with a memory word of the each row. A state of the each first bit indicates whether the memory word associated the each first bit has had an error. Each redundancy row of a plurality of redundancy rows includes a plurality of redundancy words. Each redundancy word is associated with a memory word. Each second bit of a plurality of second bits is associated with a redundancy word of the plurality of redundancy words of the each row of the plurality of redundancy rows. A state of the each second bit indicates whether the redundancy word associated with the each second bit has had an error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Cormac Michael O'Connell
  • Publication number: 20140154708
    Abstract: This invention is in the field of medical devices. Specifically, the present invention provides portable medical devices that allow real-time detection of analytes from a biological fluid. The methods and devices are particularly useful for providing point-of-care testing for a variety of medical applications. In particular, the medical device reduces interference with an optical signal which is indicative of the presence of an analyte in a bodily sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Theranos, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Gibbons, Michael O'Connell
  • Publication number: 20140106371
    Abstract: Provided are peptide analogues of PA-IL and compositions containing them. The PA-IL peptide analogues have altered carbohydrate binding specificity relative to a PA-IL of SEQ ID NO:1, and thus the analogues contain amino acid substitutions in SEQ ID NO:1. The substitutions can be at positions 50, 52 and 53 of SEQ ID NO:1 and can include combinations of amino acid substitutions at those positions Also included are methods for detecting changes in the glycosylation of carbohydrates and for separating biomolecules which contain glycoproteins or glycoconjugates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Dublin City University
    Inventors: Paul Clarke, Roisin Thompson, Brendan O'Connor, Michael O'Connell, Kenneth McMahon
  • Patent number: 8681576
    Abstract: A circuit comprises a set of pre-charge and equalization devices, a control signal line, and a word line. The set of pre-charge and equalization devices is configured to pre-charge and equalize a pair of data lines. The control signal line is configured to control the pre-charge and equalization devices. The word line is configured to electrically couple a memory cell to a data line of the pair of data lines. A first voltage value provided to the control signal line is from a first voltage source different from a second voltage source that generates a second voltage value for the word line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atul Katoch, Arun Achyuthan, Cormac Michael O'Connell
  • Publication number: 20140078844
    Abstract: A sense amplifier includes a first transistor. The first transistor includes a gate connected to a bit line, and a first source/drain (S/D) electrically coupled with a global bit line. The sense amplifier further includes a second transistor. The second transistor includes a gate connected to a first signal line, and a first S/D coupled to the global bit line, wherein the second transistor is configured to pre-charge the bit line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atul KATOCH, Cormac Michael O'CONNELL
  • Patent number: 8619483
    Abstract: A memory circuit includes at least one memory cell for storing a charge representative of a datum. The memory cell is coupled with a word line and a bit line. A sense amplifier is coupled with the bit line. The sense amplifier is capable of precharging the bit line to a first voltage that is substantially equal to and higher than a threshold voltage (Vt) of a first transistor of the sense amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atul Katoch, Cormac Michael O'Connell
  • Patent number: 8619462
    Abstract: Some embodiments regard a circuit comprising a memory cell, a first data line, a second data line, a sensing circuit coupled to the first data line and the second data line, a node selectively coupled to at least three voltage sources via at least three respective switches, a fourth switch, and a fifth switch. A first voltage source is configured to supply a retention voltage to the node via a first switch. A second voltage source is configured to supply a ground reference voltage to the node via a second switch, and a third voltage source is configured to supply a reference voltage to the node via a third switch. The fourth switch and fifth switch are configured to receive a respective first control signal and second control signal and to pass a voltage at the node to the respective first data line and second data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atul Katoch, Cormac Michael O'Connell
  • Patent number: 8581658
    Abstract: A charge pump circuit comprises a first node, a second node, and at least one capacitance stage coupled between the first node and the second node. Capacitance stages of the at least one capacitance stage are coupled in series. A capacitance stage of the at least one capacitance stage includes a capacitive device and a voltage limiter coupled in parallel with the capacitor. The voltage limiter is configured to limit a voltage dropped across the capacitor. The capacitive device and the voltage limiter are configured such that a first current flowing through a first branch having the voltage limiter is more than a second current flowing through a second branch having the capacitive device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atul Katoch, Cormac Michael O'Connell
  • Publication number: 20130215695
    Abstract: A memory array has a plurality of rows. Each row of the plurality of rows includes a plurality of memory words. Each first bit of a plurality of first bits is associated with a memory word of the each row. A state of the each first bit indicates whether the memory word associated the each first bit has had an error. Each redundancy row of a plurality of redundancy rows includes a plurality of redundancy words. Each redundancy word is associated with a memory word. Each second bit of a plurality of second bits is associated with a redundancy word of the plurality of redundancy words of the each row of the plurality of redundancy rows. A state of the each second bit indicates whether the redundancy word associated with the each second bit has had an error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Cormac Michael O'CONNELL
  • Patent number: 8470524
    Abstract: This invention is in the field of medical devices. Specifically, the present invention provides portable medical devices that allow real-time detection of analytes from a biological fluid. The methods and devices are particularly useful for providing point-of-care testing for a variety of medical applications. In particular, the medical device reduces interference with an optical signal which is indicative of the presence of an analyte in a bodily sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Theranos, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Gibbons, Michael O'Connell
  • Patent number: 8409412
    Abstract: The invention provides an enzyme ink useful in test strips that provides a test strip bias, at the low and high glucose ends, falling within a desired target range. The ink of the invention permits an improved method for the production of single calibration code strip lots with good yields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: LifeScan Scotland, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gary Young, Michael O'Connell, Ian McArthur, Alan McNeilage, Nick Phippen, Manuel Alvarez-Icaza
  • Publication number: 20130039949
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, compositions and methods for balancing a T-helper cell profile and in particular Th1, Th2, Th17 and Treg cell profiles, and related methods and compositions for treating or preventing an inflammatory condition associated with an imbalance of a T-helper cell profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Sarkis MAZMANIAN, June L. ROUND, Ryan Michael O'CONNELL, Dennis L. KASPER
  • Publication number: 20130016576
    Abstract: A circuit comprises a plurality of memory cells, a word line, a plurality of pairs of bit lines, a pre-charge and equalization device, a column select device, and a sense amplifier. The word line is configured to control the plurality of memory cells. Each pair of bit lines of the plurality of pairs of bit lines corresponds to a memory cell of the plurality of memory cells and is coupled to a pair of switches. The sense amplifier is coupled to the plurality of pairs of bit lines, the pre-charge and equalization device, and the column select device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Cormac Michael O'CONNELL
  • Publication number: 20120308771
    Abstract: A nanostructure film, comprising at least one interconnected network of nanostructures, wherein the nanostructure film is optically transparent and electrically conductive. A method for improving the optoelectronic properties of a nanostructure film, comprising: forming a nanostructure film having a thickness that, if uniform, would result in a first optical transparency and a first sheet resistance that are lower than desired; and patterning holes in the nanostructure film, such that a desired higher second optical transparency and a second sheet resistance are achieved. A method for depositing a nanostructure film on a rigid substrate comprises: depositing the nanostructure film on a flexible substrate; and transferring the nanostructure film from the flexible substrate to a rigid substrate, wherein the flexible substrate comprises at least one of a release liner and a heat- or chemical-sensitive adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Paul Drazaic, David Hecht, Michael O'Connell, Glen Irvin
  • Publication number: 20120307580
    Abstract: A circuit comprises a set of pre-charge and equalization devices, a control signal line, and a word line. The set of pre-charge and equalization devices is configured to pre-charge and equalize a pair of data lines. The control signal line is configured to control the pre-charge and equalization devices. The word line is configured to electrically couple a memory cell to a data line of the pair of data lines. A first voltage value provided to the control signal line is from a first voltage source different from a second voltage source that generates a second voltage value for the word line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Atul KATOCH, Arun ACHYUTHAN, Cormac Michael O'CONNELL
  • Publication number: 20120275242
    Abstract: Some embodiments regard a circuit comprising a memory cell, a first data line, a second data line, a sensing circuit coupled to the first data line and the second data line, a node selectively coupled to at least three voltage sources via at least three respective switches, a fourth switch, and a fifth switch. A first voltage source is configured to supply a retention voltage to the node via a first switch. A second voltage source is configured to supply a ground reference voltage to the node via a second switch, and a third voltage source is configured to supply a reference voltage to the node via a third switch. The fourth switch and fifth switch are configured to receive a respective first control signal and second control signal and to pass a voltage at the node to the respective first data line and second data line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Atul KATOCH, Cormac Michael O'CONNELL
  • Publication number: 20120256681
    Abstract: A charge pump circuit comprises a first node, a second node, and at least one capacitance stage coupled between the first node and the second node. Capacitance stages of the at least one capacitance stage are coupled in series. A capacitance stage of the at least one capacitance stage includes a capacitive device and a voltage limiter coupled in parallel with the capacitor. The voltage limiter is configured to limit a voltage dropped across the capacitor. The capacitive device and the voltage limiter are configured such that a first current flowing through a first branch having the voltage limiter is more than a second current flowing through a second branch having the capacitive device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Atul KATOCH, Cormac Michael O'CONNELL
  • Patent number: 8238141
    Abstract: Some embodiments regard a circuit comprising a memory cell, a first data line, a second data line, a sensing circuit coupled to the first data line and the second data line, a node selectively coupled to at least three voltage sources via at least three respective switches, a fourth switch, and a fifth switch. A first voltage source is configured to supply a retention voltage to the node via a first switch. A second voltage source is configured to supply a ground reference voltage to the node via a second switch, and a third voltage source is configured to supply a reference voltage to the node via a third switch. The fourth switch and fifth switch are configured to receive a respective first control signal and second control signal and to pass a voltage at the node to the respective first data line and second data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atul Katoch, Cormac Michael O'Connell
  • Publication number: 20120195683
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a a security bollard and, in particular, to a security bollard designed to be used as a protective measure to be placed in front of shop fronts and Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) that may be subjected to ramming by vehicles. The bollard includes a first upright hollow member having an outer wall defining a chamber, and a plurality of vertical longitudinal jamming rods disposed inside the chamber. Each jamming rod has associated therewith a biasing means for biasing the members in a longitudinal direction so as to act like a disk brake on cutting implements attempting to cut through the jamming rods, and to also dose the gap created by the cut should the cutting implement be retrieved and cutting attempted again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventor: Michael O'Connell