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William C. Waldrop — 33 Patents

Micron: 32 patents #604 of 6,374Top 10%
TITexas Instruments: 1 patents #7,388 of 12,488Top 60%
Allen, TX: #75 of 1,376 inventorsTop 6%
Texas: #3,395 of 125,132 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #105,480 of 4,157,543Top 3%
33 Patents All Time
William C. Waldrop has been granted 33 US patents while listed as an inventor at Micron. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in December 2025. William C. Waldrop ranks #105,480 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.5%). Patent records list William C. Waldrop in Allen, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2001 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2020.peak 42001: 1 patents20012002: 1 patents2003: 3 patents20032004: 2 patents2005: 2 patents20052007: 1 patents2009: 1 patents20092010: 1 patents2011: 2 patents20112016: 1 patents2018: 1 patents20182019: 3 patents2020: 4 patents20202021: 1 patents2022: 4 patents20222023: 1 patents2024: 2 patents20242025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 33 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12505875 Data input buffer with a branched DFE reset path Ki-Jun Nam, Won Joo Yun, Shingo Mitsubori 2025-12-23
12223999 Synchronous input buffer control using a write shifter David R. Brown, Guy S. Perry 2025-02-11
12183385 Apparatuses and methods for a per-DRAM addressability synchronizer circuit Liang Chen, Shingo Mitsubori, Ryo Fujimaki, Atsuko Momma 2024-12-31 $26,584,000
11996162 Synchronous input buffer enable for DFE operation Won Joo Yun 2024-05-28 $28,459,000
11727979 Methods of reducing clock domain crossing timing violations, and related devices and systems Kallol Mazumder, Navya Sri Sreeram, Vijayakrishna J. Vankayala 2023-08-15 $9,169,000
11495281 Write interamble counter Daniel B. Penney 2022-11-08 $11,616,000
11487610 Methods for parity error alert timing interlock and memory devices and systems employing the same Vijayakrishna J. Vankayala, Scott E. Smith 2022-11-01 $14,926,000
11417374 Reset speed modulation circuitry for a decision feedback equalizer of a memory device Gary L. Howe 2022-08-16 $9,745,000
11264078 Metastable resistant latch Daniel B. Penney 2022-03-01 $21,169,000
11145353 Centralized DFE reset generator for a memory device Daniel B. Penney 2021-10-12 $15,878,000
10872658 Reduced shifter memory system Jason M. Brown, Vijayakrishna J. Vankayala, Kallol Mazumder, Byung S. Moon, Ravi Kiran Kandikonda 2020-12-22 $25,723,000
10838799 Parallel error calculation 2020-11-17 $11,531,000
10840908 Systems and methods for controlling semiconductor device wear 2020-11-17 $11,531,000
10783980 Methods for parity error synchronization and memory devices and systems employing the same Vijayakrishna J. Vankayala 2020-09-22 $15,633,000
10447267 Systems and methods for controlling semiconductor device wear 2019-10-15 $10,153,000
10354717 Reduced shifter memory system Jason M. Brown, Vijayakrishna J. Vankayala, Kallol Mazumder, Byung S. Moon, Ravi Kiran Kandikonda 2019-07-16 $16,086,000
10269441 Systems and methods for threshold voltage modification and detection Daniel B. Penney 2019-04-23 $24,438,000
10127994 Systems and methods for threshold voltage modification and detection Daniel B. Penney 2018-11-13 $18,400,000
9479361 Method and apparatus for selecting an operating mode based on a determination of the availability of internal clock signals 2016-10-25 $12,958,000
7915924 Method and apparatus for selecting an operating mode based on a determination of the availability of internal clock signals 2011-03-29 $3,348,000
7898294 Pre-driver logic Daniel B. Penney 2011-03-01 $2,983,000
7675324 Pre-driver logic Daniel B. Penney 2010-03-09 $4,533,000
7560956 Method and apparatus for selecting an operating mode based on a determination of the availability of internal clock signals 2009-07-14 $3,519,000
7230457 Programmable dual drive strength output buffer with a shared boot circuit 2007-06-12 $2,469,000
6975149 Method and circuit for adjusting the timing of output data based on an operational mode of output drivers Vladimir Mikhalev, Aaron Schoenfeld, Daniel B. Penney 2005-12-13 $1,839,000