May 3, 2109
The University of Pittsburgh announced that Pitt innovators were issued nine U.S. patents in April 2019.
Featured Patent: U.S. 10,269,406 “Adaptive Refreshing and Read Voltage Control Scheme for a Memory Device Such as an FeDRAM”
Pitt innovators Ismail Bayram and Yiran Chen have developed an adaptive refreshing scheme which tracks the degradation of the memory window of FeFETs over time and refreshes the memory cells of an FeDRAM array, only when necessary. The scheme reduces the number of refresh operations as well as the incurred energy consumption, and prolongs the lifetime of the FeDRAM memory cells. The read reliability of the memory cells is also improved by adjusting the read voltage to overcome the degradation of the memory window. FeDRAM can potentially be used as embedded memory in mobile phones and other electronic devices. FeDRAM requires less energy than currently-used memories and allows electronic devices to be smaller. For more information on this innovation, including licensing, contact Robert Racunas at rracunas@innovation.pitt.edu.
Below is a list of all patents issued to Pitt innovators in April 2019. To search the database of all Pitt innovations available for licensing, click here.
Patent Number |
Title | Inventor(s) | Licensing Manager | Status | ||
10,244,964 | Detection of Acetone Via Nanostructure Sensors | Mengning Ding; Alexander Starr | Janice Panza | Available for Licensing | ||
10,245,254 | Glutaminase Inhibitors | Lee McDermott; Prema Chandrasekharlyer; Rick Cerione; William Katt | Abhishek Sangal | Available for Licensing | ||
10,246,504 | Engineered Receptors and Their Use | Yan Xu; Pei Tang; Tommy Tillman | Maria Vanegas | Available for Licensing | ||
10,251,860 | Compounds for Bone Healing | Michael Epperly; Joel Greenberger; Peter Wipf; Julianne Glowacki | Andrew Remes | Available for Licensing | ||
10,260,108 | Parp Genomic Variants Conferring Resistance and Sensitization to Chemotherapy Under Inhibition | Petr Pancoska; Hussein Tawbi; Panagiotis Benos; Marjorie Romkes; Andrew Sedgewick; Irina Abecassis | Andrew Remes | Available for Licensing | ||
10,258,734 | Devices, Systems and Methods for Cell Modification | John Kellum Jr.; William J. Federspiel; Kai Singbartl | Maria Vanegas | Available for Licensing | ||
10,258,589 | Nitrated-Fatty Acids Modulation of Type II Diabetes | Bruce Freeman; Francisco Schopfer | Andrew Remes | Licensed | ||
10,269,406 | Adaptive Refreshing and Read Voltage Control Scheme for a Memory Device Such as an FeDRAM | Ismail Bayram; Yiran Chen | Robert Racunas | Available for Licensing | ||
10,272,112 | Microsphere-Based Delivery and Ex Vivo Manipulation of Dendritic Cells for Autoimmune Therapies | Nick Giannoukakis; Massimo Trucco | Andrew Remes | Licensed | ||