Patents by Inventor Steve Richard Jahnke

Steve Richard Jahnke 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).

  • Methods and apparatus to provide refresh for global out of range read requests
    Patent number: 7508728
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to provide refresh when an out of range address is received are disclosed. An example method of providing a refresh signal to a memory cell includes receiving a memory address on address lines ranging from a most significant bit address line to a least significant bit address line. A memory driver logic device is coupled to the memory cell. An out of range logic decoder is coupled to provide a fixed logic input to a first input of the memory driver logic device. Address logic is provided to cause the memory driver logic device to enable the memory cell if the memory address is a local out of range address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Steve Richard Jahnke, Hiromichi Hamakawa
  • Methods and apparatus to provide refresh for global out of range read requests
    Publication number: 20080056043
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to provide refresh when an out of range address is received are disclosed. An example method of providing a refresh signal to a memory cell includes receiving a memory address on address lines ranging from a most significant bit address line to a least significant bit address line. A memory driver logic device is coupled to the memory cell. An out of range logic decoder is coupled to provide a fixed logic input to a first input of the memory driver logic device. Address logic is provided to cause the memory driver logic device to enable the memory cell if the memory address is a local out of range address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Steve Richard Jahnke, Hiromichi Hamakawa