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Kevin S. Donnelly — 110 Patents

RARambus: 104 patents #14 of 549Top 3%
ELEliyan: 3 patents #3 of 6Top 50%
Santa Cruz, CA: #14 of 1,911 inventorsTop 1%
California: #1,876 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #11,945 of 4,157,543Top 1%
110 Patents All Time
Kevin S. Donnelly has been granted 110 US patents while listed as an inventor at Rambus. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in March 2025. Kevin S. Donnelly ranks #11,945 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.29%). Patent records list Kevin S. Donnelly in Santa Cruz, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1987 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 14 patents in 2006.peak 141987: 1 patents19871996: 2 patents1997: 2 patents1998: 1 patents19981999: 2 patents2000: 4 patents2001: 3 patents20012002: 7 patents2003: 8 patents2004: 3 patents20042005: 2 patents2006: 14 patents2007: 5 patents20072008: 1 patents2009: 6 patents2010: 2 patents20102011: 3 patents2012: 6 patents2013: 5 patents20132014: 4 patents2015: 11 patents2016: 3 patents20162017: 6 patents2018: 2 patents2019: 3 patents20192021: 1 patents2024: 1 patents2025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 110 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12248419 Interface conversion circuitry for universal chiplet interconnect express (UCIe) Ramin Farjadrad 2025-03-11
12204482 Memory chiplet with efficient mapping of memory-centric interface to die-to-die (D2D) unit interface modules Ramin Farjadrad 2025-01-21
12182040 Multi-chip module (MCM) with scalable high bandwidth memory Ramin Farjadrad, Syrus Ziai, Curtis R. McAllister 2024-12-31
11165613 High-speed signaling systems with adaptable pre-emphasis and equalization Jared L. Zerbe, Fred F. Chen, Andrew Ho, Ramin Farjad-Rad, John W. Poulton +2 more 2021-11-02 $5,460,000
10366045 Flash controller to provide a value that represents a parameter to a flash memory Mark A. Horowitz, Craig E. Hampel, Alfredo Moncayo, Jared L. Zerbe 2019-07-30
10310999 Flash memory controller with calibrated data communication Jared L. Zerbe, Stefanos Sidiropoulos, Donald C. Stark, Mark A. Horowitz, Leung Yu +5 more 2019-06-04
10205614 High-speed signaling systems with adaptable pre-emphasis and equalization Jared L. Zerbe, Fred F. Chen, Andrew Ho, Ramin Farjad-Rad, John W. Poulton +2 more 2019-02-12 $1,307,000
10003484 High-speed signaling systems with adaptable pre-emphasis and equalization Jared L. Zerbe, Fred F. Chen, Andrew Ho, Ramin Farjad-Rad, John W. Poulton +1 more 2018-06-19 $2,439,000
9998305 Multi-PAM output driver with distortion compensation Jared L. Zerbe, Bruno W. Garlepp, Pak Shing Chau, Mark A. Horowitz, Stefanos Sidiropoulos +2 more 2018-06-12 $1,884,000
9852105 Flash controller to provide a value that represents a parameter to a flash memory Mark A. Horowitz, Craig E. Hampel, Alfredo Moncayo, Jared L. Zerbe 2017-12-26 $3,816,000
9785589 Memory controller that calibrates a transmit timing offset Jared L. Zerbe, Stefanos Sidiropoulos, Donald C. Stark, Mark A. Horowitz, Leung Yu +5 more 2017-10-10 $2,640,000
9742602 High-speed signaling systems with adaptable pre-emphasis and equalization Jared L. Zerbe, Fred F. Chen, Andrew Ho, Ramin Farjad-Rad, John W. Poulton +1 more 2017-08-22 $2,561,000
9564225 Pulse control for non-volatile memory Mark D. Kellam, Brent Haukness, Gary B. Bronner 2017-02-07 $512,000
9553745 High-speed signaling systems with adaptable pre-emphasis and equalization Jared L. Zerbe, Fred F. Chen, Andrew Ho, Ramin Farjad-Rad, John W. Poulton +1 more 2017-01-24 $4,386,000
9544169 Multiphase receiver with equalization circuitry Jared L. Zerbe, Bruno W. Garlepp, Pak Shing Chau, Mark A. Horowitz, Stefanos Sidiropoulos +2 more 2017-01-10 $2,937,000
9411767 Flash controller to provide a value that represents a parameter to a flash memory Mark A. Horowitz, Craig E. Hampel, Alfredo Moncayo, Jared L. Zerbe 2016-08-09 $4,794,000
9405678 Flash memory controller with calibrated data communication Jared L. Zerbe, Stefanos Sidiropoulos, Donald C. Stark, Mark A. Horowitz, Leung Yu +5 more 2016-08-02 $14,317,000
9323711 Chip having port to receive value that represents adjustment to transmission parameter Mark A. Horowitz, Craig E. Hampel, Alfredo Moncayo, Jared L. Zerbe 2016-04-26 $6,294,000
9177655 Pulse control for nonvolatile memory Mark D. Kellam, Brent Haukness, Gary B. Bronner 2015-11-03 $1,861,000
9164933 Memory system with calibrated data communication Jared L. Zerbe, Stefanos Sidiropoulos, Donald C. Stark, Mark A. Horowitz, Leung Yu +5 more 2015-10-20 $836,000
9152581 Chip storing a value that represents adjustment to output drive strength Mark A. Horowitz, Craig E. Hampel, Alfredo Moncayo, Jared L. Zerbe 2015-10-06 $2,547,000
9148322 High-speed signaling systems with adaptable pre-emphasis and equalization Jared L. Zerbe, Fred F. Chen, Andrew Ho, Ramin Farjad-Rad, John W. Poulton +1 more 2015-09-29 $3,789,000
9137063 High-speed signaling systems with adaptable pre-emphasis and equalization Jared L. Zerbe, Fred F. Chen, Andrew Ho, Ramin Farjad-Rad, John W. Poulton +1 more 2015-09-15 $1,627,000
9135967 Chip having register to store value that represents adjustment to output drive strength Mark A. Horowitz, Craig E. Hampel, Alfredo Moncayo, Jared L. Zerbe 2015-09-15
9135186 Chip having port to receive value that represents adjustment to output driver parameter Mark A. Horowitz, Craig E. Hampel, Alfredo Moncayo, Jared L. Zerbe 2015-09-15 $1,627,000