Patents by Inventor Ralph Astor

Ralph Astor 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).

  • Integrated memory device and method for its testing and manufacture
    Patent number: 7434121
    Abstract: An integrated memory device includes an array of memory cells for storing data, a memory cell selector operationally connected to the array for selecting at least one memory cell of the array, a data interface adapted to store data provided to the data interface in a selected memory cell and to provide data stored in a selected memory cell to the data interface for retrieval, and a control circuit operationally connected to the memory cell selector and the data interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Flash GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ralph Astor
  • Integrated memory device and method for its testing and manufacture
    Publication number: 20070300106
    Abstract: An integrated memory device includes an array of memory cells for storing data, a memory cell selector operationally connected to the array for selecting at least one memory cell of the array, a data interface adapted to store data provided to the data interface in a selected memory cell and to provide data stored in a selected memory cell to the data interface for retrieval, and a control circuit operationally connected to the memory cell selector and the data interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventor: Ralph Astor