Patents by Inventor Stephen M. Ramey

Stephen M. Ramey 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).

  • Patent number: 11099232
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a health monitor circuit including an n-type sensor to determine a first health indicator associated with n-type transistors of a circuit block and a p-type sensor to determine a second health indicator associated with p-type transistors of the circuit block. The n-type sensor and p-type sensor may be on a same die as the circuit block. The health monitor circuit may further include a control circuit to adjust one or more operating parameters, such as operating voltage and/or operating frequency, for the circuit block based on the first and second health indicators. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Suriya Ashok Kumar, Ketul B. Sutaria, Stephen M. Ramey
  • Publication number: 20200249271
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a health monitor circuit including an n-type sensor to determine a first health indicator associated with n-type transistors of a circuit block and a p-type sensor to determine a second health indicator associated with p-type transistors of the circuit block. The n-type sensor and p-type sensor may be on a same die as the circuit block. The health monitor circuit may further include a control circuit to adjust one or more operating parameters, such as operating voltage and/or operating frequency, for the circuit block based on the first and second health indicators. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Suriya Ashok Kumar, Ketul B. Sutaria, Stephen M. Ramey
  • Patent number: 10355005
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques and configurations for semi-volatile embedded memory with between-fin floating gates. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate and a floating-gate memory structure formed on the semiconductor substrate including a bitcell having first, second, and third fin structures extending from the substrate, an oxide layer disposed between the first and second fin structures and between the second and third fin structures, a gate of a first transistor disposed on the oxide layer and coupled with and extending over a top of the first fin structure, and a floating gate of a second transistor disposed on the oxide layer between the second and third fin structures. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Uygar E. Avci, Daniel H. Morris, Ian A. Young, Stephen M. Ramey
  • Publication number: 20180151578
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques and configurations for semi-volatile embedded memory with between-fin floating gates. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate and a floating-gate memory structure formed on the semiconductor substrate including a bitcell having first, second, and third fin structures extending from the substrate, an oxide layer disposed between the first and second fin structures and between the second and third fin structures, a gate of a first transistor disposed on the oxide layer and coupled with and extending over a top of the first fin structure, and a floating gate of a second transistor disposed on the oxide layer between the second and third fin structures. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Uygar E. AVCI, Daniel H. MORRIS, Ian A. YOUNG, Stephen M. RAMEY
  • Patent number: 9335803
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a processor includes voltage calculation logic to calculate a plurality of maximum operating voltage values each associated with a number of active cores of the plurality of cores, based at least in part on a plurality of coefficient values. In this way, the processor can operate at different maximum operating voltages dependent on the number of active cores. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Zhiguo Wang, David J. Ayers, Srikanth Balasubramanian, Sukirti Gupta, Stefan Rusu, Stephen M. Ramey
  • Publication number: 20140237267
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a processor includes voltage calculation logic to calculate a plurality of maximum operating voltage values each associated with a number of active cores of the plurality of cores, based at least in part on a plurality of coefficient values. In this way, the processor can operate at different maximum operating voltages dependent on the number of active cores. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Zhiguo Wang, David J. Ayers, Srikanth Balasubramanian, Sukirti Gupta, Stefan Rusu, Stephen M. Ramey