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Jon D. Epperson

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1639
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6211, 1627, 1639
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310
Issued Applications
79
Pending Applications
46
Abandoned Applications
185

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/363440
Selector threshold compensation Mar 24, 2019 Issued
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16/356131
Memory device with reduced neighbor word line interference using adjustable voltage on source-side unselected word line Mar 17, 2019 Issued
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16/354866
Memory system having semiconductor memory device that performs verify operations using various verify voltages Mar 14, 2019 Issued
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16/295857
Dynamic programing of valley margins of a memory cell Mar 6, 2019 Issued
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16/291281
Memory system Mar 3, 2019 Issued
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16/291879
Semiconductor apparatus capable of providing the same current to all memory elements Mar 3, 2019 Issued
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16/284613
System for generating random noise with a magnetic device Feb 24, 2019 Issued
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16/283441
Managing bit-line settling time in non-volatile memory Feb 21, 2019 Issued
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16/281517
Erasing method used in flash memory Feb 20, 2019 Issued
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16/259671
High-voltage shifter with reduced transistor degradation Jan 27, 2019 Issued
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16/256449
Binary-to-gray conversion circuit, related FIFO memory, integrated circuit and method Jan 23, 2019 Issued
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16/253827
Data output buffer having pull-up main driver and memory device having the data output buffer Jan 21, 2019 Issued
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16/251419
Memory in which the channel potential of a memory cell in a non-selected NAND cell unit is increased Jan 17, 2019 Issued
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16/249482
Non-volatile memory device Jan 15, 2019 Issued
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16/245223
One-time programmable devices using gate-all-around structures Jan 9, 2019 Issued
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16/240175
SRAM memory having subarrays with common IO block Jan 3, 2019 Issued
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16/238682
Non-volatile semiconductor memory device in which memory cell threshold voltages are controlled in performing write operations Jan 2, 2019 Issued
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16/231727
Memory device and program/erase method therefor Dec 23, 2018 Issued
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16/227889
Ferroelectric memory devices employing conductivity modulation of a thin semiconductor material or a two-dimensional charge carrier gas and methods of operating the same Dec 19, 2018 Issued
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16/227375
Apparatuses and methods for sensing a phase-change test cell and determining changes to the test cell resistance due to thermal exposure Dec 19, 2018 Issued
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