Patents by Inventor Ambrose Gihan de Silva

Ambrose Gihan de Silva has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Memory system and operating method thereof
    Patent number: 10042568
    Abstract: A memory system may include: a memory device comprising a plurality of memory blocks, each memory block comprising a plurality of pages; a controller suitable for performing a command operation on the memory blocks, the command operation including checking one or more parameters of each of the memory blocks, selecting at least one source memory block from the memory blocks according to the checked one or more parameters, and storing data stored in the at least one source memory block in a target memory block among the memory blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Ambrose Gihan de Silva
  • Memory system and operating method thereof
    Patent number: 10019376
    Abstract: A memory system includes a memory device including first and second storage regions, each comprising a plurality of memory blocks and a controller suitable for selecting a first mode or a second mode based on a method for accessing data stored in the memory device and mapping a logical address of the data into a physical address of the first storage region in the first mode and into a physical address of the second storage region in the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Ambrose Gihan de Silva
  • MEMORY SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170357458
    Abstract: A memory system may include: a memory device comprising a plurality of memory blocks, each memory block comprising a plurality of pages; a controller suitable for performing a command operation on the memory blocks, the command operation including checking one or more parameters of each of the memory blocks, selecting at least one source memory block from the memory blocks according to the checked one or more parameters, and storing data stored in the at least one source memory block in a target memory block among the memory blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventor: Ambrose Gihan de Silva
  • MEMORY SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170147503
    Abstract: A memory system includes a memory device including first and second storage regions, each comprising a plurality of memory blocks and a controller suitable for selecting a first mode or a second mode based on a method for accessing data stored in the memory device and mapping a logical address of the data into a physical address of the first storage region in the first mode and into a physical address of the second storage region in the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Ambrose Gihan de Silva