Patents by Inventor Steven Lamphier

Steven Lamphier 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: 10062445
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of a non-volatile one time programmable memory (OTPM) including parallel programming of all banks of the OTPM by programming two rows per bank at a time, verifying the programming by comparing a first row of the two rows per bank, and verifying the programming by comparing a second row of the two rows per bank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: Eric D. Hunt-Schroeder, Steven Lamphier, Darren L. Anand
  • Publication number: 20180158532
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of a non-volatile one time programmable memory (OTPM) including parallel programming of all banks of the OTPM by programming two rows per bank at a time, verifying the programming by comparing a first row of the two rows per bank, and verifying the programming by comparing a second row of the two rows per bank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Eric D. HUNT-SCHROEDER, Steven LAMPHIER, Darren L. ANAND
  • Publication number: 20070222497
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of an apparatus incorporating a detection circuit adapted for determining the state of selected fuses and a programming circuit for blowing selected fuses on demand. Also, disclosed are embodiments of an associated method. The detection circuit comprises a plurality of fuses in identical signal and reference legs in order to increase the signal margin for detecting blown fuses and/or current sources configured to pass offset currents through the signal and reference legs in order to set the trip point for detecting blown fuses between the un-blown and the minimum blown resistances. Thus, the invention provides the flexibility of single-sided fuse state detection devices with even greater sensitivity than both single-sided and differential fuse state detection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: John Barwin, Steven Lamphier, Harold Pilo
  • Publication number: 20060012430
    Abstract: A low-voltage differential amplifier circuit is disclosed. The low-voltage differential amplifier circuit includes a first differential amplifier, a second differential amplifier and a summing circuit. The first differential amplifier receives a pair of differential input signals to generate a first output. The second differential amplifier receives the same pair of differential input signals to generate a second output. The summing circuit sums the first output of the first differential amplifier and the second output of the second differential amplifier to provide a common output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: John Fifield, Steven Lamphier
  • Publication number: 20050156666
    Abstract: A low-voltage differential amplifier circuit is disclosed. The low-voltage differential amplifier circuit includes a first differential amplifier, a second differential amplifier and a summing circuit. The first differential amplifier receives a pair of differential input signals to generate a first output. The second differential amplifier receives the same pair of differential input signals to generate a second output. The summing circuit sums the first output of the first differential amplifier and the second output of the second differential amplifier to provide a common output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Fifield, Steven Lamphier