Inventor · Cameron Park, CA, US

Mark E. Bauer

32Patents
21h-index
37Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 10, 1978 → Jul 31, 2008

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5539690A Write verify schemes for flash memory with multilevel cells Physics 214 Expired
US5523972A Method and apparatus for verifying the programming of multi-level flash EEPROM memory Physics 202 Expired
US5508958A Method and apparatus for sensing the state of floating gate memory cells by applying a variable gate voltage Physics 197 Expired
US5822256A Method and circuitry for usage of partially functional nonvolatile memory Physics 165 Expired
US5485422A Drain bias multiplexing for multiple bit flash cell Physics 153 Expired
US5475693A Error management processes for flash EEPROM memory arrays Physics 149 Expired
US6535423B2 Drain bias for non-volatile memory Physics 70 Expired
US6097637A Dynamic single bit per cell to multiple bit per cell memory Physics 69 Expired
US5444656A Apparatus for fast internal reference cell trimming Physics 64 Expired
US5828616A Sensing scheme for flash memory with multilevel cells Physics 52 Expired
US5438546A Programmable redundancy scheme suitable for single-bit state and multibit state nonvolatile memories Physics 51 Expired
US5754566A Method and apparatus for correcting a multilevel cell memory by using interleaving Physics 44 Expired
US5663923A Nonvolatile memory blocking architecture Physics 42 Expired
US5748546A Sensing scheme for flash memory with multilevel cells Physics 42 Expired
US5497354A Bit map addressing schemes for flash memory Physics 41 Expired
US5046046A Redundancy CAM using word line from memory Physics 36 Expired
US5801991A Deselected word line that floats during MLC programming of a flash memory Physics 33 Expired
US6483742B1 Bit map addressing schemes for flash memory Physics 22 Expired
US5796667A Bit map addressing schemes for flash memory Physics 21 Expired
US5047989A Chapter mode selection apparatus for MOS memory Physics 21 Expired
US5394037A Sense amplifiers and sensing methods Electricity 21 Expired
US5781472A Bit map addressing schemes for flash/memory Physics 19 Expired
US6434049B1 Sample and hold voltage reference source Physics 14 Expired
US6772273B1 Block-level read while write method and apparatus Physics 14 Expired
US5274278A High-speed tri-level decoder with dual-voltage isolation Electricity 14 Expired

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