Inventor · Redwood City, CA, US

Hock C. So

55Patents
36h-index
27Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 6, 1985 → Feb 16, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4871930A Programmable logic device with array blocks connected via programmable interconnect Electricity 378 Expired
US4912342A Programmable logic device with array blocks with programmable clocking Electricity 268 Expired
US4899067A Programmable logic devices with spare circuits for use in replacing defective circuits Electricity 251 Expired
US4713792A Programmable macrocell using eprom or eeprom transistors for architecture control in programmable logic circuits Electricity 246 Expired
US6532556B1 Data management for multi-bit-per-cell memories Physics 235 Expired
US5943283A Address scrambling in a semiconductor memory Physics 228 Expired
US5909449A Multibit-per-cell non-volatile memory with error detection and correction Physics 219 Expired
US5969986A High-bandwidth read and write architectures for non-volatile memories Physics 202 Expired
US5748534A Feedback loop for reading threshold voltage Physics 190 Expired
US6278633A High bandwidth flash memory that selects programming parameters according to measurements of previous programming operations Physics 183 Expired
US5638320A High resolution analog storage EPROM and flash EPROM Physics 177 Expired
US5241224A High-density erasable programmable logic device architecture using multiplexer interconnections Electricity 166 Expired
US5694356A High resolution analog storage EPROM and flash EPROM Physics 165 Expired
US6151246A Multi-bit-per-cell flash EEPROM memory with refresh Physics 161 Expired
US5748533A Read circuit which uses a coarse-to-fine search when reading the threshold voltage of a memory cell Physics 138 Expired
US6307776A Multi-bit-per-cell flash EEPROM memory with refresh Physics 116 Expired
US6370075B1 Charge pump circuit adjustable in response to an external voltage source Physics 98 Expired
US7397697B2 Multi-bit-per-cell flash EEPROM memory with refresh Physics 96 Active
US5745409A Non-volatile memory with analog and digital interface and storage Physics 92 Expired
US6345000B1 Flash memory permitting simultaneous read/write and erase operations in a single memory array Physics 91 Expired
US5818757A Analog and multi-level memory with reduced program disturb Physics 88 Expired
US6184726A Adjustable level shifter circuits for analog or multilevel memories Physics 86 Expired
US5682352A Digital testing of analog memory devices Physics 86 Expired
US7170781B2 Multi-bit-per-cell flash EEPROM memory with refresh Physics 80 Expired
US6760262B2 Charge pump circuit adjustable in response to an external voltage source Physics 79 Expired

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