Ken Oowada
67Patents
13h-index
51Co-inventors
83Inventor score
Filing activity: May 12, 2005 → Mar 2, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8130551B2 | Extra dummy erase pulses after shallow erase-verify to avoid sensing deep erased threshold voltage | Physics | 44 | Active |
| US7355889B2 | Method for programming non-volatile memory with reduced program disturb using modified pass voltages | Physics | 40 | Expired |
| US7295478B2 | Selective application of program inhibit schemes in non-volatile memory | Physics | 40 | Expired |
| US8472257B2 | Nonvolatile memory and method for improved programming with reduced verify | Physics | 31 | Active |
| US7355888B2 | Apparatus for programming non-volatile memory with reduced program disturb using modified pass voltages | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US8902668B1 | Double verify method with soft programming to suppress read noise | Physics | 19 | Active |
| US9214240B2 | Dynamic erase depth for improved endurance of non-volatile memory | Physics | 18 | Active |
| US8787088B2 | Optimized erase operation for non-volatile memory with partially programmed block | Physics | 17 | Active |
| US7447086B2 | Selective program voltage ramp rates in non-volatile memory | Physics | 17 | Active |
| US8582381B2 | Temperature based compensation during verify operations for non-volatile storage | Physics | 15 | Active |
| US7460404B1 | Boosting for non-volatile storage using channel isolation switching | Physics | 15 | Active |
| US8885420B2 | Erase for non-volatile storage | Physics | 15 | Active |
| US8218366B2 | Programming non-volatile storage including reducing impact from other memory cells | Physics | 13 | Active |
| US8953386B2 | Dynamic bit line bias for programming non-volatile memory | Physics | 13 | Active |
| US7995394B2 | Program voltage compensation with word line bias change to suppress charge trapping in memory | Physics | 13 | Active |
| US8743615B2 | Read compensation for partially programmed blocks of non-volatile storage | Physics | 12 | Active |
| US8908441B1 | Double verify method in multi-pass programming to suppress read noise | Physics | 12 | Active |
| US8885416B2 | Bit line current trip point modulation for reading nonvolatile storage elements | Physics | 12 | Active |
| US8929142B2 | Programming select gate transistors and memory cells using dynamic verify level | Physics | 10 | Active |
| US9123424B2 | Optimizing pass voltage and initial program voltage based on performance of non-volatile memory | Physics | 10 | Active |
| US8958249B2 | Partitioned erase and erase verification in non-volatile memory | Physics | 10 | Active |
| US9543023B2 | Partial block erase for block programming in non-volatile memory | Physics | 9 | Active |
| US9548130B2 | Non-volatile memory with prior state sensing | Electricity | 8 | Active |
| US7978527B2 | Verification process for non-volatile storage | Physics | 8 | Active |
| US8913432B2 | Programming select gate transistors and memory cells using dynamic verify level | Physics | 8 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.