Patents by Inventor Susan Xuan Nguyen

Susan Xuan Nguyen 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: 7638822
    Abstract: A memory cell having a plurality of transistors connected so as to restore a data value to a node of the memory cell to an initial value following an event upsetting the initial value has an aspect ratio of at least 5:1. The high aspect ratio provides adequate spacing between nodes of the memory cell for SEU tolerance at small design technologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: XILINX, Inc.
    Inventors: Jan L. de Jong, Susan Xuan Nguyen, Raymond C. Pang
  • Patent number: 7515452
    Abstract: A memory array has a first memory cell with a plurality of transistors connected so as to restore a data value to a node of the memory cell to an initial value following an event upsetting the initial value. A first portion of the plurality of transistors is in a first cell portion and a second portion of the plurality of transistors is in a second cell portion. A second memory cell has a third cell portion and a fourth cell portion. The third cell portion is between the first cell portion and the second cell portion and adjacent to each of the first cell portion and the second cell portion. In a particular embodiment, the memory cell is a single-event-upset (“SEU”) tolerant memory cell and the first and second cell portions are each a half cell of a sixteen transistor memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: XILINX, Inc.
    Inventors: Jan L. de Jong, Susan Xuan Nguyen, Raymond C. Pang