Patents by Inventor ERICK O. ABASTO

ERICK O. ABASTO 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).

  • Concurrently searching multiple devices of a non-volatile semiconductor memory
    Patent number: 8683113
    Abstract: A non-volatile semiconductor memory is disclosed comprising N memory devices each comprising a plurality of blocks, wherein each block comprises a plurality of memory segments accessed through an address. A searched is performed by issuing a read command for each of the N memory devices, wherein an address of each read command is separated by a distance determined in response to the search range of addresses and N, and the search range of addresses is greater than N. Data read from at least one of the memory devices is evaluated to determine whether the search has finished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Erick O. Abasto, Jerry Lo
  • CONCURRENTLY SEARCHING MULTIPLE DEVICES OF A NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY
    Publication number: 20120203953
    Abstract: A non-volatile semiconductor memory is disclosed comprising N memory devices each comprising a plurality of blocks, wherein each block comprises a plurality of memory segments accessed through an address. A searched is performed by issuing a read command for each of the N memory devices, wherein an address of each read command is separated by a distance determined in response to the search range of addresses and N, and the search range of addresses is greater than N. Data read from at least one of the memory devices is evaluated to determine whether the search has finished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: ERICK O. ABASTO, JERRY LO