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Colin S. Bill — 66 Patents

AMD: 39 patents #215 of 9,280Top 3%
SLSpansion Llc.: 18 patents #27 of 769Top 4%
Fujitsu Limited: 6 patents #5,180 of 24,456Top 25%
SYSynopsys: 4 patents #328 of 2,302Top 15%
KTKilopass Technology: 3 patents #9 of 29Top 35%
LLLucas Industries Limited: 1 patents #219 of 499Top 45%
Cypress Semiconductor: 1 patents #1,821 of 1,866Top 100%
Cupertino, CA: #180 of 6,989 inventorsTop 3%
California: #4,970 of 386,348 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #32,599 of 4,157,543Top 1%
66 Patents All Time
Colin S. Bill has been granted 66 US patents while listed as an inventor at AMD. The first was granted in 1982 and the most recent in July 2020. Colin S. Bill ranks #32,599 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.78%). Patent records list Colin S. Bill in Cupertino, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1982 to 2020Bar chart with a peak of 8 patents in 2000.peak 81982: 1 patents19821991: 1 patents1997: 1 patents1998: 3 patents19981999: 3 patents2000: 8 patents2001: 6 patents20012002: 7 patents2003: 3 patents2004: 1 patents20042005: 3 patents2006: 5 patents2007: 4 patents20072008: 5 patents2009: 3 patents2010: 1 patents20102011: 1 patents2012: 1 patents2014: 1 patents20142016: 2 patents2017: 2 patents2018: 1 patents20182019: 2 patents2020: 1 patents2020

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 66 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10714199 PUF latch for OTP memory arrays and method of operation 2020-07-14 $37,798,000
10366736 MTP-Thyristor memory cell circuits and methods of operation Harry Luan 2019-07-30
10269789 Protection circuit for integrated circuit die-let after scribe cut 2019-04-23 $17,928,000
10103732 Low power voltage level shifter circuit 2018-10-16 $12,737,000
9761295 MTP-thyristor memory cell circuits and methods of operation Harry Luan 2017-09-12
9548131 Reduced power read sensing for one-time programmable memories 2017-01-17
9514824 Partial local self boosting for NAND Ya-Fen Lin, Takao Akaogi, Youseok Suh 2016-12-06 $2,392,000
9484068 MTP-thyristor memory cell circuits and methods of operation Harry Luan 2016-11-01
8638609 Partial local self boosting for NAND Ya-Fen Lin, Takao Akaogi, Youseok Suh 2014-01-28 $864,000
8098521 Method of providing an erase activation energy of a memory device Michael VanBuskirk, Zhida Lan, Tzu-Ning Fang 2012-01-17 $1,689,000
7894243 Methods of programming and erasing resistive memory devices Michael VanBuskirk, Wei Daisy Cai, Yi-Ching Wu 2011-02-22 $1,504,000
7791947 Non-volatile memory device and methods of using Michael VanBuskirk, Takao Akaogi 2010-09-07 $1,192,000
7579631 Variable breakdown characteristic diode David Gaun, Swaroop Kaza 2009-08-25
7499309 Using organic semiconductor memory in conjunction with a MEMS actuator for an ultra high density memory Michael VanBuskirk, Tzu-Ning Fang 2009-03-03 $54,000
7474579 Use of periodic refresh in medium retention memory arrays Swaroop Kaza, Wei Daisy Cai, Tzu-Ning Fang, David Gaun, Eugen Gershon +2 more 2009-01-06 $1,142,000
7450416 Utilization of memory-diode which may have each of a plurality of different memory states Swaroop Kaza, Juri Krieger, David Gaun, Stuart Spitzer, Richard Kingsborough +3 more 2008-11-11 $387,000
7443712 Memory erase management system Mark Alan McClain, Michael VanBuskirk 2008-10-28 $449,000
7443710 Control of memory devices possessing variable resistance characteristics Tzu-Ning Fang, Michael A. Van Buskirk 2008-10-28 $449,000
7379317 Method of programming, reading and erasing memory-diode in a memory-diode array Swaroop Kaza, Tzu-Ning Fang, Stuart Spitzer 2008-05-27 $3,209,000
7355886 Method of programming, erasing and reading memory cells in a resistive memory array Wei Daisy Cai, Swaroop Kaza, Michael VanBuskirk 2008-04-08 $3,403,000
7286388 Resistive memory device with improved data retention An-Chung Chen, Sameer Haddad, Tzu-Ning Fang, Yi-Ching Wu 2007-10-23 $1,405,000
7273766 Variable density and variable persistent organic memory devices, methods, and fabrication Zhida Lan, Michael A. Van Buskirk, Tzu-Ning Fang, John S. Ennals 2007-09-25 $2,635,000
7259039 Memory device and methods of using and making the device Zhida Lan, Michael A. Van Buskirk 2007-08-21 $3,076,000
7259983 Page buffer architecture for programming, erasing and reading nanoscale resistive memory devices Wei Daisy Cai 2007-08-21 $3,076,000
7145824 Temperature compensation of thin film diode voltage threshold in memory sensing circuit Wei Daisy Cai 2006-12-05 $7,242,000