Inventor · Los Gatos, CA, US

Michael C. Stephens, Jr.

68Patents
16h-index
22Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 31, 1992 → Jun 17, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6061296A Multiple data clock activation with programmable delay for use in multiple CAS latency memory devices Physics 171 Expired
US5386385A Method and apparatus for preventing invalid operating modes and an application to synchronous memory devices Physics 159 Expired
US5550783A Phase shift correction circuit for monolithic random access memory Physics 61 Expired
US5450364A Method and apparatus for production testing of self-refresh operations and a particular application to synchronous memory devices Physics 60 Expired
US5548560A Synchronous static random access memory having asynchronous test mode Physics 48 Expired
US5295101A Array block level redundancy with steering logic Physics 45 Expired
US5565764A Digital processing method for parameter estimation of synchronous, asynchronous, coherent or non-coherent signals Physics 44 Expired
US6246619A Self-refresh test time reduction scheme Physics 34 Expired
US8559258B1 Self-refresh adjustment in memory devices configured for stacked arrangements Electricity 28 Active
US6845024B1 Result compare circuit and method for content addressable memory (CAM) device Physics 28 Expired
US5559752A Timing control circuit for synchronous static random access memory Physics 25 Expired
US6208197A Internal charge pump voltage limit control Electricity 23 Expired
US6954823B1 Search engine device and method for generating output search responses from multiple input search responses Physics 20 Expired
US8599595B1 Memory devices with serially connected signals for stacked arrangements Electricity 17 Active
US6052328A High-speed synchronous write control scheme Physics 17 Expired
US6016072A Regulator system for an on-chip supply voltage generator Electricity 16 Expired
US8659928B1 Valid command detection based on stack position identifiers in memory devices configured for stacked arrangements Electricity 14 Active
US8897053B1 Signal timing alignment based on a common data strobe in memory devices configured for stacked arrangements Electricity 14 Active
US8891278B1 Stack position determination in memory devices configured for stacked arrangements Electricity 13 Active
US9218854B2 Stack position determination in memory devices configured for stacked arrangements Electricity 11 Active
US9286955B1 Semiconductor memory device having calibration circuitry for dual-gate transistors associated with a memory array Electricity 9 Active
US6988164B1 Compare circuit and method for content addressable memory (CAM) device Physics 8 Expired
US8681524B1 Supply adjustment in memory devices configured for stacked arrangements Electricity 7 Active
US7117300B1 Method and apparatus for restricted search operation in content addressable memory (CAM) devices Physics 7 Expired
US6060873A On-chip-generated supply voltage regulator with power-up mode Physics 6 Expired

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