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Zhihan Zhou

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Most Active Art Unit
2482
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2482
Total Applications
1130
Issued Applications
848
Pending Applications
107
Abandoned Applications
208

Applications

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17/178313
Memory apparatus and associated control method for reducing erase disturb of non-volatile memory Feb 17, 2021 Issued
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17/154054
3D NAND memory device with select gate cut Jan 20, 2021 Issued
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17/141964
Scan optimization from stacking multiple reliability specifications Jan 4, 2021 Issued
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17/132490
Balanced three-level read disturb management in a memory device Dec 22, 2020 Issued
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17/133459
Utilizing NAND buffer for DRAM-less multilevel cell programming Dec 22, 2020 Issued
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17/133103
Temperature tracked dynamic keeper implementation to enable read operations Dec 22, 2020 Issued
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17/126649
Multi-bit memory system with adaptive read voltage controller Dec 17, 2020 Issued
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17/124144
Managing read level voltage offsets for low threshold voltage offset bin placements Dec 15, 2020 Issued
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17/120325
Single-rail memory circuit with row-specific voltage supply lines and boost circuits Dec 13, 2020 Issued
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17/799459
Bias current generation circuit and flash memory Dec 8, 2020 Issued
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17/114980
READ WINDOW BUDGET OPTIMIZATION FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL CROSSPOINT MEMORY Dec 7, 2020 Abandoned
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17/113582
Method and apparatus for data erase in memory devices Dec 6, 2020 Issued
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17/111755
Trim setting determination for a memory device Dec 3, 2020 Issued
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17/108041
TIME TRACKING CIRCUIT FOR FRAM Nov 30, 2020 Abandoned
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17/082956
Analog neural memory array in artificial neural network comprising logical cells and improved programming mechanism Oct 27, 2020 Issued
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17/074156
Memory cell state in a valley between adjacent data states Oct 18, 2020 Issued
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17/064111
Memory devices and methods of controlling an auto-refresh operation of the memory devices Oct 5, 2020 Issued
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17/062867
Non-destructive mode cache programming in NAND flash memory devices Oct 4, 2020 Issued
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17/034540
Memory cell programming including applying programming pulses of different pulse widths to different access lines Sep 27, 2020 Issued
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17/032847
Non-volatile multi-level cell memory using a ferroelectric superlattice and related systems Sep 24, 2020 Issued
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