Patents by Inventor Mike Alwais

Mike Alwais 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: 20010025333
    Abstract: An integrated circuit memory device incorporating a non-volatile memory array and a relatively faster access time memory cache integrated monolithically therewith improves the overall access time in page and provides faster cycle time for read operations. In a particular embodiment, the cache may be provided as static random access memory (“SRAM”) and the non-volatile memory array provided as ferroelectric random access memory wherein on a read, the row is cached and the write back cycle is started allowing subsequent in page reads to occur very quickly. If in page accesses are sufficient the memory array precharge may be hidden and writes can occur utilizing write back or write through caching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventors: Craig Taylor, Donald G. Carrigan, Mike Alwais
  • Patent number: 6263398
    Abstract: An integrated circuit memory device incorporating a non-volatile memory array and a relatively faster access time memory cache integrated monolithically therewith improves the overall access time in page and provides faster cycle time for read operations. In a particular embodiment, the cache may be provided as static random access memory (“SRAM”) and the non-volatile memory array provided as ferroelectric random access memory wherein on a read, the row is cached and the write back cycle is started allowing subsequent in page reads to occur very quickly. If in page accesses are sufficient the memory array precharge may be hidden and writes can occur utilizing write back or write through caching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Ramtron International Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Taylor, Donald G. Carrigan, Mike Alwais