Inventor · Mountain View, CA, US

Binh Quang Le

67Patents
26h-index
68Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 5, 1996 → Mar 23, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6731542B1 Circuit for accurate memory read operations Physics 460 Expired
US6768679B1 Selection circuit for accurate memory read operations Physics 417 Expired
US5995417A Scheme for page erase and erase verify in a non-volatile memory array Physics 236 Expired
US6009014A Erase verify scheme for NAND flash Physics 155 Expired
US6370061B1 Ceiling test mode to characterize the threshold voltage distribution of over programmed memory cells Physics 145 Expired
US5644207A Integrated power source Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 132 Expired
US6175523A Precharging mechanism and method for NAND-based flash memory devices Physics 125 Expired
US5821800A High-voltage CMOS level shifter Electricity 105 Expired
US6608464B1 Integrated power source layered with thin film rechargeable batteries, charger, and charge-control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 93 Expired
US6643177B1 Method for improving read margin in a flash memory device Physics 70 Expired
US6510082B1 Drain side sensing scheme for virtual ground flash EPROM array with adjacent bit charge and hold Physics 67 Expired
US6424570B1 Modulated charge pump with uses an analog to digital converter to compensate for supply voltage variations Electricity 58 Expired
US6515903B1 Negative pump regulator using MOS capacitor Physics 50 Expired
US6690602B1 Algorithm dynamic reference programming Physics 49 Expired
US6493266B1 Soft program and soft program verify of the core cells in flash memory array Physics 48 Expired
US5638326A Parallel page buffer verify or read of cells on a word line using a signal from a reference cell in a flash memory device Physics 46 Expired
US5973546A Charge pump circuit architecture Electricity 41 Expired
US6304487A Register driven means to control programming voltages Physics 39 Expired
US6262469A Capacitor for use in a capacitor divider that has a floating gate transistor as a corresponding capacitor Electricity 39 Expired
US6255799A Rechargeable shoe Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US6847913B2 Ambulatory surface skin temperature monitor Human Necessities 36 Expired
US6535424B2 Voltage boost circuit using supply voltage detection to compensate for supply voltage variations in read mode voltage Physics 34 Expired
US5978267A Bit line biasing method to eliminate program disturbance in a non-volatile memory device and memory device employing the same Physics 30 Expired
US6269025A Memory system having a program and erase voltage modifier Physics 30 Expired
US6791880B1 Non-volatile memory read circuit with end of life simulation Physics 26 Expired

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