Patents by Inventor Noel R. Strader, II

Noel R. Strader, II 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).

  • Bit-wise conditional write method and system for an MRAM
    Patent number: 6052302
    Abstract: A bit-wise conditional write method and apparatus to minimize power consumption in integrated circuit (IC) magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) systems. In a first embodiment, the current logic state of each data bit of a word stored in the MRAM is compared to a corresponding input bit and only those stored data bits which are different are written. In a second embodiment, for each stored data bit which is not being written, the current logic state is guarded against inadvertent modification when other data bits of the word are written.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: William C. Moyer, Jeffrey Van Myers, Noel R. Strader, II