Patents by Inventor Sarath Chandran Puthenthermadam

Sarath Chandran Puthenthermadam 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).

  • Endurance of silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon (SONOS) memory cells
    Patent number: 9747987
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods of pulse shaping a pulse signal for programming and erasing a Silicon-Oxide-Nitride-Oxide-Silicon (SONOS) memory cell are described. In one method a pulse shape of a pulse signal is controlled to include four or more phases for programming or erasing a SONOS memory cell. A write cycle is performed to program or erase the SONOS memory with the pulse signal with the four or more phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Venkatraman Prabhakar, Long T Hinh, Sarath Chandran Puthenthermadam, Kaveh Shakeri