Inventor · Mesa, AZ, US

Kent Hewitt

18Patents
7h-index
22Co-inventors
66Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 1, 1993 → Aug 13, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5488711A Serial EEPROM device and associated method for reducing data load time using a page mode write cache Physics 92 Expired
US5363334A Write protection security for memory device Physics 49 Expired
US5367484A Programmable high endurance block for EEPROM device Physics 33 Expired
US5675622A Method and apparatus for electronic encoding and decoding Physics 25 Expired
US6222761A Method for minimizing program disturb in a memory cell Physics 12 Expired
US5764099A Integrated voltage regulating circuit useful in high voltage electronic encoders Electricity 10 Expired
US5675534A Method and apparatus for preventing unauthorized access to nonvolatile memory in electronic encoders having a voltage level detection circuit Physics 7 Expired
US6236595A Programming method for a memory cell Physics 7 Expired
US5604701A Initializing a read pipeline of a non-volatile sequential memory device Physics 6 Expired
US6150864A Time delay circuit which is voltage independent Electricity 5 Expired
US6300183A Independently programmable memory segments within a PMOS electrically erasable programmable read only memory array achieved by N-well separation and method therefor Electricity 5 Expired
US6504191B2 Independently programmable memory segments within a PMOS electrically erasable programmable read only memory array achieved by N-well separation and method therefor Electricity 4 Expired
US7466591B2 Method for programming and erasing an array of NMOS EEPROM cells that minimizes bit disturbances and voltage withstand requirements for the memory array and supporting circuits Electricity 3 Active
US7817474B2 Method for programming and erasing an array of NMOS EEPROM cells that minimizes bit disturbances and voltage withstand requirements for the memory array and supporting circuits Electricity 2 Active
US9455037B2 EEPROM memory cell with low voltage read path and high voltage erase/write path Electricity 2 Active
US8094503B2 Method of programming an array of NMOS EEPROM cells that minimizes bit disturbances and voltage withstand requirements for the memory array and supporting circuits Electricity 1 Active
US10910058B2 Shared source line memory architecture for flash cell byte-alterable high endurance data memory Physics 1 Active
US9343147B2 Resistive random access memory (ReRAM) and conductive bridging random access memory (CBRAM) cross coupled fuse and read method and system Physics 0 Active

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