G11C 7/20
Memory cell initialisation circuits
Official title: Memory cell initialisation circuits, e.g. when powering up or down, memory clear, latent image memory
G11C7/20 (Memory cell initialisation circuits) appears on 1,585 US grants and 1,430 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11C- Granted patents
- 1,585
- Published applications
- 1,430
- Assignees
- 327
- Inventors
- 2,316
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 12 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 14 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 9 | 0 |
| 1994 | 14 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 24 | 0 |
| 2001 | 24 | 11 |
| 2002 | 25 | 32 |
| 2003 | 29 | 35 |
| 2004 | 34 | 33 |
| 2005 | 30 | 55 |
| 2006 | 44 | 58 |
| 2007 | 49 | 66 |
| 2008 | 52 | 50 |
| 2009 | 47 | 50 |
| 2010 | 49 | 42 |
| 2011 | 46 | 40 |
| 2012 | 49 | 45 |
| 2013 | 45 | 51 |
| 2014 | 54 | 67 |
| 2015 | 73 | 75 |
| 2016 | 73 | 67 |
| 2017 | 85 | 37 |
| 2018 | 63 | 70 |
| 2019 | 81 | 98 |
| 2020 | 87 | 66 |
| 2021 | 82 | 96 |
| 2022 | 75 | 81 |
| 2023 | 78 | 82 |
| 2024 | 70 | 65 |
| 2025 | 56 | 34 |
| 2026 | 30 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Local internal discovery and configuration of individually selected and jointly selected devices1 Sep 2026US 12,724,729 B2Rambus Inc.
- Intra-package memory die communication structures25 Aug 2026US 12,718,865 B2Micron Technology, Inc.
- Memory device heating in cold environments11 Aug 2026US 12,706,127 B2Micron Technology, Inc.
- Heat dissipation in resistive memories11 Aug 2026US 12,707,903 B2Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
- Page buffers and operation methods thereof, memory devices, and memory systems16 Jun 2026US 12,658,226 B2Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
- System and method for protecting internal flip-flops of non-volatile memory10 Sep 2026US 2026/0269001 A1STMicroelectronics International N. V.
- Semiconductor apparatus and semiconductor system having independent data input/output period, and operating method of the semiconductor system27 Aug 2026US 2026/0253625 A1SK hynix Inc.
- Adaptive memory management and control circuitry13 Aug 2026US 2026/0237432 A1Numem Inc.
- Resistive random-access memory (reram) configured for overcoming the affects of read disturb30 Jul 2026US 2026/0221185 A1Weebit Nano Ltd.
- Semiconductor apparatus and semiconductor system having independent data input/output period, and operating method of the semiconductor system2 Jul 2026US 2026/0188363 A1SK hynix Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for generating a device ID for stacked devices631US 7,111,149 B2Intel Corporation · 2006
- Techniques for improved playlist processing on media devices282US 7,536,565 B2Apple Inc. · 2009
- Semiconductor memory, data read method for semiconductor memory and data storage apparatus204US 6,061,278 AFujitsu Limited · 2000
- Circuitry and method for resetting memory without a write cycle191US 6,466,470 B1Virage Logic Corporation · 2002
- Method and apparatus for initializing dynamic random access memory (DRAM) devices by levelizing a read domain186US 6,154,821 ARambus Inc. · 2000