Patents by Inventor Berhau Imam

Berhau Imam 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).

  • Alignment of cluster address to block addresses within a semiconductor non-volatile mass storage memory
    Patent number: 6125435
    Abstract: A digital system is disclosed for use with a host, the digital system including a controller and a nonvolatile memory unit having memory locations organized in blocks with each block having a plurality of sectors for storing information provided by the host in the form of non-user data files and user data files, the controller for controlling reading, writing and erasing operations performed on the nonvolatile memory, the host providing to the controller an address, identifying the starting location of the user file to the controller, and a user file identified by a starting sector address for storage within the nonvolatile memory unit. The controller finds a free block within the nonvolatile memory unit that is available for storage of information, and aligns the user file starting address with the beginning of the free block, and stores the user file within the free block starting with the beginning of the free block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Lexar Media, Inc.
    Inventors: Petro Estakhri, Berhau Imam