Patents by Inventor Tyler Arthur Lowrey

Tyler Arthur Lowrey 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).

  • Reading phase change memories without triggering reset cell threshold devices
    Patent number: 7280390
    Abstract: A phase change memory may be read so as to reduce the likelihood of a read disturb. A read disturb may occur, for example, when a reset device is raised to a voltage, which causes its threshold device to trigger. The triggering of the threshold device produces a displacement current which may convert a reset device to a set device. By ensuring that the reset cell never reaches a voltage that would result in triggering of the threshold device, read disturbs may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Ovonyx, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergey A. Kostylev, Tyler Arthur Lowrey, Wolodymyr Czubatyj, Ward D. Parkinson