Inventor · Livermore, CA, US

Thomas R. Wik

24Patents
11h-index
16Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 18, 1994 → Sep 30, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5784328A Memory system including an on-chip temperature sensor for regulating the refresh rate of a DRAM array Physics 133 Expired
US5982659A Memory cell capable of storing more than two logic states by using different via resistances Physics 109 Expired
US5796650A Memory circuit including write control unit wherein subthreshold leakage may be reduced Physics 91 Expired
US5987632A Method of testing memory operations employing self-repair circuitry and permanently disabling memory locations Physics 60 Expired
US5559463A Low power clock circuit Electricity 36 Expired
US5808932A Memory system which enables storage and retrieval of more than two states in a memory cell Physics 31 Expired
US5761110A Memory cell capable of storing more than two logic states by using programmable resistances Physics 26 Expired
US5867423A Memory circuit and method for multivalued logic storage by process variations Physics 19 Expired
US5847990A Ram cell capable of storing 3 logic states Physics 15 Expired
US6370078B1 Way to compensate the effect of coupling between bitlines in a multi-port memories Physics 15 Expired
US6233197A Multi-port semiconductor memory and compiler having capacitance compensation Physics 13 Expired
US6137716A Memory system using multiple storage mechanisms to enable storage and retrieval of more than two states in a memory cell Physics 10 Expired
US6507524B1 Integrated circuit memory having column redundancy Physics 9 Expired
US9762261B2 Error detection and correction in ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) Electricity 7 Active
US7746921B1 Resonant digital data transmission Electricity 6 Active
US5841695A Memory system using multiple storage mechanisms to enable storage and retrieval of more than two states in a memory cell Physics 6 Expired
US5903505A Method of testing memory refresh operations wherein subthreshold leakage current may be set to near worst-case conditions Physics 5 Expired
US5506519A Low energy differential logic gate circuitry having substantially invariant clock signal loading Electricity 5 Expired
US6018480A Method and system which permits logic signal routing over on-chip memories Physics 4 Expired
US7557618B1 Conditioning logic technology Electricity 4 Active
US9780722B1 Low-cost efficient solar panels Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US7603509B1 Crossbar switch with grouped inputs and outputs Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US8921680B1 Low-cost solar collector Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US9529669B2 Error detection and correction in binary content addressable memory (BCAM) Physics 0 Active

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