Patents by Inventor Ralph Hurley Raymer Lanham

Ralph Hurley Raymer Lanham 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).

  • Reconfiguring storage modes in a memory
    Patent number: 6657881
    Abstract: A memory which is capable of reconfiguration between a first mode in which each storage cell is capable of storing a pair of data bits and a second mode in which each storage cell is capable of storing a single data. A memory according to the present teachings includes a storage cell having a first structure and a second structure each capable of a storage state and mechanisms for reconfiguring the memory between a first mode in which the storage states of the first and second structures indicate a first and a second data bit, respectively, and a second mode in which the storage states combine to indicate a data bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignees: Agilent Technologies, Inc., Texas Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Jurgen Thomas Rickes, Ralph Hurley Raymer Lanham
  • RECONFIGURING STORAGE MODES IN A MEMORY
    Publication number: 20030214829
    Abstract: A memory which is capable of reconfiguration between a first mode in which each storage cell is capable of storing a pair of data bits and a second mode in which each storage cell is capable of storing a single data. A memory according to the present teachings includes a storage cell having a first structure and a second structure each capable of a storage state and mechanisms for reconfiguring the memory between a first mode in which the storage states of the first and second structures indicate a first and a second data bit, respectively, and a second mode in which the storage states combine to indicate a data bit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Inventors: Jurgen Thomas Rickes, Ralph Hurley Raymer Lanham