Inventor · Cupertino, CA, US

Darrell Rinerson

110Patents
37h-index
32Co-inventors
90Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 6, 1983 → Mar 8, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6753561B1 Cross point memory array using multiple thin films Physics 260 Expired
US5801985A Memory system having programmable control parameters Physics 237 Expired
US7020006B2 Discharge of conductive array lines in fast memory Physics 160 Expired
US6834008B2 Cross point memory array using multiple modes of operation Physics 117 Expired
US6836421B2 Line drivers that fit within a specified line pitch Physics 114 Expired
US7538338B2 Memory using variable tunnel barrier widths Physics 111 Expired
US7067862B2 Conductive memory device with conductive oxide electrodes Physics 106 Expired
US6965137B2 Multi-layer conductive memory device Physics 105 Expired
US6970375B2 Providing a reference voltage to a cross point memory array Physics 103 Expired
US6917539B2 High-density NVRAM Physics 99 Expired
US6856536B2 Non-volatile memory with a single transistor and resistive memory element Physics 96 Expired
US6859382B2 Memory array of a non-volatile ram Electricity 93 Expired
US7372753B1 Two-cycle sensing in a two-terminal memory array having leakage current Physics 91 Active
US7379364B2 Sensing a signal in a two-terminal memory array having leakage current Physics 85 Active
US7054183B2 Adaptive programming technique for a re-writable conductive memory device Physics 85 Expired
US6870755B2 Re-writable memory with non-linear memory element Physics 85 Expired
US6940744B2 Adaptive programming technique for a re-writable conductive memory device Physics 79 Expired
US6850455B2 Multiplexor having a reference voltage on unselected lines Physics 73 Expired
US7884349B2 Selection device for re-writable memory Electricity 67 Active
US7149108B2 Memory array of a non-volatile RAM Electricity 64 Expired
US7701791B2 Low read current architecture for memory Physics 64 Active
US7079442B2 Layout of driver sets in a cross point memory array Physics 63 Expired
US7057914B2 Cross point memory array with fast access time Physics 63 Expired
US5185718A Memory array architecture for flash memory Physics 61 Expired
US7009909B2 Line drivers that use minimal metal layers Physics 60 Expired

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