Patents by Inventor Tom H. Ly

Tom H. Ly 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).

  • Negatively biasing deselected memory cells
    Patent number: 7319616
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method to supply a negative voltage to at least one deselected wordline of a memory array. Further, while the negative voltage is supplied to deselected wordlines, a positive voltage may be supplied to a selected wordline. The memory array may be a flash memory incorporating multi-level cell architecture, in one embodiment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Rajesh Sundaram, Jahanshir Javanifard, Kerry D. Tedrow, Priya Walimbe, Tom H. Ly, Raymond W. Zeng