Patents by Inventor Tom North

Tom North 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: 5446691
    Abstract: An electronic storage circuit includes a pair of banks, each bank having corresponding shared and unshared conductors. The banks may be dynamic random access memories (DRAMs), which are provided in a single inline memory module (SIMM). Each DRAM includes an array of bit cells arranged in rows and columns. A shared conductor of one bank is connected to the unshared conductor of the other bank, and the unshared conductor of such one bank is connected to the shared conductor of such other bank. Row and column address signals are applicable to the connections between the banks, thereby allowing selectable access (or write) to the banks. Each bank includes corresponding data and output enable conductors, such that in response to output enable signals applied to such output enable conductors, data signals are generated by corresponding banks at the data conductors, depending on the state of the applied address signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: ShaBLAMM! Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Tom North, Francis Siu