Sarah M Brandenberger

US Patent:

6570782, May 27, 2003

Filed:

Jan 16, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/050668

Inventors:

Sarah M. Brandenberger - Boise ID
Peter J. Fricke - Corvallis OR
Kenneth K. Smith - Boise ID

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G11C 1700

US Classification:

365100, 365 97, 365158

Abstract:

Methods for storing a bit sequence are provided. A representative method for storing a bit sequence includes converting a first bit sequence containing a first number of low-resistance bits into a second bit sequence containing a second number of low-resistance bits that is lower than the first number of low-resistance bits, and then storing the second bit sequence in a resistance-based memory device. Systems, computer-readable media, and other methods for storing and retrieving a bit sequence are also provided.

US Patent:

6587548, Jul 1, 2003

Filed:

Jul 17, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/908262

Inventors:

Sarah M. Brandenberger - Boise ID

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Co., L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

H04M 1100

US Classification:

379 9311, 37910015, 37914207, 379199, 379 9309

Abstract:

A system is provided for connecting received calls, which may be voice or data calls having a common destination identifier associating the calls with a subscriber, to a selected at least one of one or more call options assigned to the subscriber. In one embodiment, the system includes a call detector, a voice call decoder, and a data call decoder. The call detector has an input for receiving the calls. It also has a first output and a second output. The detector provides a received call to the first output if it is a voice call and provides it to the second output if it is a data call. The voice call decoder has an input operably connected to the first output of the call detector for receiving the voice calls. It also has one or more outputs operably accessible to one or more voice call options for connecting the voice calls each to a selected at least one of the one or more voice call options. Likewise, the data call decoder has an input operably connected to the second output of the call detector for receiving the data calls.

US Patent:

6625055, Sep 23, 2003

Filed:

Apr 9, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/120113

Inventors:

Kenneth K. Smith - Boise ID
Sarah M. Brandenberger - Boise ID
Darrel R. Bloomquist - late of Meridan ID
Kenneth J. Eldredge - Boise ID
Andrew L. Van Brocklin - Corvalis OR
Peter J. Fricke - Corvalis OR

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G11C 1100

US Classification:

365148, 365100

Abstract:

A read-only memory device is described having non-volatile memory cells that include a memory component connected between electrically conductive traces. A memory component is formed to include a resistor that indicates a resistance value when a potential is applied to a selected memory cell. The resistance value of a memory component in an individual memory cell corresponds to multiple logical bits. The resistance value of a memory component corresponding to a set of logical bits can be based on a thickness and/or an area of electrically resistive material that forms the memory component, and/or based on the geometric shape of the memory component, where different geometric shapes of the electrically resistive material have different resistance values that correspond to different sets of logical bits.

US Patent:

6665201, Dec 16, 2003

Filed:

Jul 24, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/202051

Inventors:

Andrew M. Spencer - Eagle ID
Thomas C. Anthony - Sunnyvale CA
Colin A. Stobbs - Boise ID
Sarah M. Brandenberger - Boise ID
Steven C. Johnson - Eagle ID

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G11C 1908

US Classification:

365 1, 365 66, 365158, 365173, 361728, 361730, 361752, 439 761, 439660, 705 2

Abstract:

The present disclosure relates to a solid-state storage device. In one arrangement, the storage device comprises a memory device comprising one of an atomic resolution storage (ARS) device and a magnetic random access memory (MRAM) device, a controller, and an integral connector that is used to directly connect the storage device to another device.

US Patent:

6678197, Jan 13, 2004

Filed:

Oct 18, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/273623

Inventors:

Frederick A. Perner - Palo Alto CA
Kenneth K. Smith - Boise ID
David H. McIntyre - Boise ID
Sarah M. Brandenberger - Boise ID
Terrel R. Munden - Boise ID
Robert Sesek - Meridian ID

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G11C 702

US Classification:

365206, 365207, 36518901, 365158

Abstract:

Systems and methods for reducing the effect of noise while reading data from memory, are provided. One system embodiment includes a memory cell that stores a first data; multiple sensing devices that receive the first data and provide a first set of outputs; and a voting system that evaluates the first set of outputs to determine whether one of the outputs of the first set is valid data from the memory cell. One method embodiment includes reading data in parallel that is stored in a memory cell to provide outputs; and evaluating the outputs to determine whether one of the outputs is valid data from the memory cell.

US Patent:

6724027, Apr 20, 2004

Filed:

Apr 18, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/125095

Inventors:

Manoj K. Bhattacharyya - Cupertino CA
Darrel Bloomquist - Meridian ID
Anthony Peter Holden - Boise ID
Sarah Morris Brandenberger - Boise ID

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

H01L 2976

US Classification:

257295, 257659, 257422, 257778, 438 3, 438421, 438431, 428332

Abstract:

A magnetic random access memory module includes a magnetic memory array. A permeable metal layer extends over a first side of the magnetic memory array. An electrically insulating layer is disposed between the permeable metal layer and the magnetic memory array.

US Patent:

6762952, Jul 13, 2004

Filed:

May 1, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/138074

Inventors:

Terrel R. Munden - Boise ID
Sarah M. Brandenberger - Boise ID

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G11C 1100

US Classification:

365158, 365171, 365200, 365201, 365209, 36523007, 365232, 3652435

Abstract:

Exemplar embodiments are disclosed which allow errors in a magnetoresistive solid-state storage device, such as a magnetic random access memory (MRAM) device, to be minimized. An illustrative method includes the steps of identifying cells in the device which have a failure mode characterized by a propensity to remain in a particular orientation of magnetization, mapping the location of the identified cells, and compensating for the failure mode of a cell at a mapped location. Systems and computer readable media are also provided.

US Patent:

6829191, Dec 7, 2004

Filed:

Dec 3, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/726393

Inventors:

Frederick A. Perner - Palo Alto CA
Kenneth Kay Smith - Boise ID
Sarah Morris Brandenberger - Boise ID

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G11C 700

US Classification:

365220, 365233, 365221, 365236, 365194, 36518908, 36518912

Abstract:

A magnetic memory is disclosed. In one embodiment, the magnetic memory includes first and second memory cells and a read controller coupled to the first and second memory cells. An output controller coupled to the read controller and to the first and second memory cells, wherein the output controller is configured to receive read data in parallel only from the first or second memory cells which have completed the current read operation regardless of whether both the first and second memory cells have completed the current read operation and convert the parallel data to serial data and shift the parallel data to an output in synchronism with the system clock signal.