Inventor · Colorado Springs, CO, US

John D. Heightley

18Patents
6h-index
6Co-inventors
59Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 30, 1980 → Nov 20, 2008

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4355377A Asynchronously equillibrated and pre-charged static ram Physics 80 Expired
US6415374B1 System and method for supporting sequential burst counts in double data rate (DDR) synchronous dynamic random access memories (SDRAM) Physics 40 Expired
US4363111A Dummy cell arrangement for an MOS memory Physics 26 Expired
US7474136B2 Use of multiple voltage controlled delay lines for precise alignment and duty cycle control of the data output of a DDR memory device Physics 12 Active
US6445621B1 Dynamic data amplifier with built-in voltage level shifting Physics 10 Expired
US6339541B1 Architecture for high speed memory circuit having a relatively large number of internal data lines Electricity 8 Expired
US6434069B1 Two-phase charge-sharing data latch for memory circuit Physics 6 Expired
US6359487B1 System and method of compensating for non-linear voltage-to-delay characteristics in a voltage controlled delay line Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US6469559B2 System and method for eliminating pulse width variations in digital delay lines Electricity 6 Expired
US6339354B1 System and method for eliminating pulse width variations in digital delay lines Electricity 5 Expired
US6741488B1 Multi-bank memory array architecture utilizing topologically non-uniform blocks of sub-arrays and input/output assignments in an integrated circuit memory device Physics 4 Expired
US7071745B2 Voltage-controlled analog delay locked loop Electricity 4 Expired
US7876137B2 Configurable architecture hybrid analog/digital delay locked loop (DLL) and technique with fast open loop digital locking for integrated circuit devices Electricity 3 Active
US7167052B2 Low voltage differential amplifier circuit for wide voltage range operation Electricity 3 Expired
US7102439B2 Low voltage differential amplifier circuit and a sampled low power bias control technique enabling accommodation of an increased range of input levels Electricity 3 Expired
US7061322B2 Low voltage differential amplifier circuit and bias control technique enabling accommodation of an increased range of input levels Electricity 3 Expired
US7518425B2 Circuit and technique for adjusting and accurately controlling clock duty cycles in integrated circuit devices Electricity 3 Active
US7218564B2 Dual equalization devices for long data line pairs Physics 2 Expired

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