Patents by Inventor Tobias Hartner

Tobias Hartner 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: 6998664
    Abstract: An integrated semiconductor circuit includes a cell array having memory cells which can be read by word lines and bit lines. Two bit lines in each case are connected to inputs of the same signal amplifier. In order to compensate for parasitic capacitances which arise at thin sidewall insulations between the patterned word lines and adjacent bit line contacts which connect the bit lines located at a higher level to the active regions located at a deeper level, two additional word lines and dummy contacts of the bit lines are dummy contacts lead past this additional word lines. The additional parasitic capacitances produced by the dummy contacts alter the electrical potential of the respective reference bit line at the signal amplifier in the same way as the parasitic capacitances of activated bit lines, as a result of which the measured differential potential is corrected with respect to the parasitic effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Joerg Vollrath, Stephan Schröder, Tobias Hartner
  • Patent number: 6967370
    Abstract: An integrated semiconductor circuit can have memory cells, which can be read by word lines and bit lines. Two mutually adjacent bit lines in each case are connected to inputs of the same signal amplifier. In order to compensate for parasitic capacitors, which arise at thin sidewall insulations between the patterned word lines and adjacent bit line contacts, additional contact structures which lead past the word lines and represent dummy contacts can be provided. The additional parasitic capacitances produced by the dummy contact alter the electrical potential of the respective reference bit line at the signal amplifier like the parasitic capacitances of activated bit lines, as a result of which the measured differential potential can be corrected with respect to the parasitic effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies, AG
    Inventors: Stephan Schröder, Joerg Vollrath, Tobias Hartner
  • Publication number: 20040260934
    Abstract: A memory chip having an integrated address scrambler unit that has address inputs for applying an address and can be to scramble the address in various ways depending on control bits. In addition, a memory cell array is provided, which is connected downstream of the address scrambler unit. This allows an increase in flexibility during scrambling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Manfred Proll, Ralf Schneider, Tobias Hartner, Evangelos Stavrou
  • Patent number: 6826111
    Abstract: A method includes providing a semiconductor memory device having at least one memory cell array. The memory cell array has a multiplicity of memory cells arranged in a matrix-like manner. Each of the memory cells is assigned a physical address and an electrical address. The method also includes inputting a physical address of a memory cell that is to be addressed into an address input device of the semiconductor memory device, decoding the input physical address into the assigned electrical address of the memory cell to be addressed by an address decoder device of the semiconductor memory device, and outputting the electrical address to the memory cell array in order to address the memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ralf Schneider, Evangelos Stavrou, Tobias Hartner, Norbert Wirth
  • Publication number: 20040201051
    Abstract: An integrated semiconductor circuit can have memory cells, which can be read by word lines and bit lines. Two mutually adjacent bit lines in each case are connected to inputs of the same signal amplifier. In order to compensate for parasitic capacitors, which arise at thin sidewall insulations between the patterned word lines and adjacent bit line contacts, additional contact structures which lead past the word lines and represent dummy contacts can be provided. The additional parasitic capacitances produced by the dummy contact alter the electrical potential of the respective reference bit line at the signal amplifier like the parasitic capacitances of activated bit lines, as a result of which the measured differential potential can be corrected with respect to the parasitic effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Stephan Schroder, Joerg Vollrath, Tobias Hartner
  • Publication number: 20040196711
    Abstract: An integrated semiconductor circuit includes a cell array havinb memory cells which can be read by word lines and bit lines. Two bit lines in each case are connected to inputs of the same signal amplifier. In order to compensate for parasitic capacitances which arise at thin sidewall insulations between the patterned word lines and adjacent bit line contacts which connect the bit lines located at a higher level to the active regions located at a deeper level, two additional word lines and dummy contacts of the bit lines are dummy contacts lead past this additional word lines. The additional parasitic capacitances produced by the dummy contacts alter the electrical potential of the respective reference bit line at the signal amplifier in the same way as the parasitic capacitances of activated bit lines, as a result of which the measured differential potential is corrected with respect to the parasitic effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Joerg Vollrath, Stephan Schroder, Tobias Hartner
  • Publication number: 20030048672
    Abstract: The invention relates to a semiconductor memory device having
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Ralf Schneider, Evangelos Stavrou, Tobias Hartner, Norbert Wirth