Inventor · Nampa, ID, US

Dean D. Gans

150Patents
13h-index
34Co-inventors
86Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 18, 1996 → Mar 15, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6317381A Method and system for adaptively adjusting control signal timing in a memory device Physics 120 Expired
US6111812A Method and apparatus for adjusting control signal timing in a memory device Physics 109 Expired
US6304511A Method and apparatus for adjusting control signal timing in a memory device Physics 83 Expired
US6438043B2 Adjustable I/O timing from externally applied voltage Physics 39 Expired
US6130811A Device and method for protecting an integrated circuit during an ESD event Electricity 26 Expired
US5978311A Memory with combined synchronous burst and bus efficient functionality Physics 21 Expired
US6725316B1 Method and apparatus for combining architectures with logic option Physics 19 Expired
US9911469B1 Apparatuses and methods for power efficient driver circuits Physics 19 Active
US9766831B2 Apparatuses and methods for arbitrating a shared terminal for calibration of an impedance termination Physics 18 Active
US5999466A Method, apparatus and system for voltage screening of integrated circuits Physics 16 Expired
US10715127B2 Apparatuses and methods for using look-ahead duty cycle correction to determine duty cycle adjustment values while a semiconductor device remains in operation Physics 15 Active
US6161204A Method and apparatus for testing SRAM memory cells Physics 15 Expired
US9935632B1 Methods and systems for averaging impedance calibration Physics 14 Active
US9601182B2 Frequency synthesis for memory input-output operations Physics 13 Active
US10164817B2 Methods and apparatuses for signal translation in a buffered memory Physics 13 Active
US10348270B2 Apparatuses and methods for calibrating adjustable impedances of a semiconductor device Electricity 12 Active
US5933378A Integrated circuit having forced substrate test mode with improved substrate isolation Physics 11 Expired
US6163500A Memory with combined synchronous burst and bus efficient functionality Physics 11 Expired
US9508409B2 Apparatuses and methods for implementing masked write commands Physics 11 Active
US11087819B2 Methods for row hammer mitigation and memory devices and systems employing the same Physics 10 Active
US10868519B2 Apparatuses and methods for calibrating adjustable impedances of a semiconductor device Electricity 10 Active
US6628139B2 Digital logic devices with extremely skewed trip points and reset circuitry for rapidly propagating signal edges Electricity 10 Expired
US9934831B2 Apparatuses and methods for storing and writing multiple parameter codes for memory operating parameters Physics 10 Active
US10157647B2 Apparatuses and methods for storing and writing multiple parameter codes for memory operating parameters Physics 9 Active
US7489165B2 Method and apparatus for amplifying a regulated differential signal to a higher voltage Physics 9 Active

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