Patents by Inventor Steven R. Kahermanes

Steven R. Kahermanes 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: 4326270
    Abstract: An electronic circuit for simultaneously erasing all the information stored in an electronic information storage device and entering a predetermined new pattern of information into the storage device comprises a plurality of bistable semiconductor cells with an additional transistor current-conducting region included on a predetermined side of each cell. The additional current-conducting regions in the cells along each word row are coupled to an additional word line which connects to a current switch for the row. At an appropriate pulse signal, the current switch activates to switch row current temporarily from the standard current-source word line, which conducts holding current to the row during normal operation, to the additional word line, thereby erasing the old data and entering the new information bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1982
    Assignee: Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp.
    Inventors: William K. Owens, Steven R. Kahermanes