Patents by Inventor Jiangli Zhu

Jiangli Zhu 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).

  • Publication number: 20240028259
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses include receiving a write command including user data. The write command is directed to a portion of memory including a first block and a second block. A buffer is allocated for executing the write command to the first block. The buffer includes multiple buffer decks and the buffer holds the user data written to the first block. User data is programmed into the first block to a threshold percentage. The threshold percentage is less than one hundred percent of the first block. A buffer deck is invalidated in response to programming the first block to the threshold percentage. The buffer deck is reallocated to the second block for programming the user data into the second block. The buffer deck holds user data written to the second block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kishore Kumar Muchherla, Peter Feeley, Jiangli Zhu, Fangfang Zhu, Akira Goda, Lakshmi Kalpana Vakati, Vivek Shivhare, Dave Scott Ebsen, Sanjay Subbarao
  • Publication number: 20240029815
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses include retrieving a defectivity footprint of a portion of memory, the portion of memory composed of multiple blocks. A deck programming order is determined, based on the defectivity footprint, for a current block of the multiple blocks. The current block is composed of multiple decks. The deck programming order is an order in which the multiple decks are programmed. The multiple decks programmed according to the determined deck programming order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kishore Kumar Muchherla, Akira Goda, Dave Scott Ebsen, Lakshmi Kalpana Vakati, Jiangli Zhu, Peter Feeley, Sanjay Subbarao, Vivek Shivhare, Fangfang Zhu
  • Patent number: 11881284
    Abstract: A first read operation is performed on a first set of memory cells addressable by a first wordline (WL), and a second read operation is performed on a second set of memory cells addressable by a second WL, wherein the first set of memory cells and the second set of memory cells are comprised by an open TU of memory cells. A first threshold voltage offset bin associated with the first WL is identified. A second threshold voltage offset bin associated with the second WL is identified. Respective threshold voltage offset bins for each WL of a plurality of WLs coupled to respective sets of memory cells comprised by the open TU are determined based on at least one of the first threshold voltage offset bin and the second threshold voltage offset bin. Respective default threshold voltages for each WL of the plurality of WLs are updated based on the threshold voltage offset bins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Murong Lang, Zhenming Zhou, Jian Huang, Zhongguang Xu, Jiangli Zhu
  • Patent number: 11880600
    Abstract: A write request directed to the non-volatile memory device is received. A stripe associated with an address specified by the write request is present in the volatile memory device is determined. The volatile memory device includes a plurality of stripes, each stripe of the plurality of stripes having a plurality of managed units. The write request on a managed unit of the stripe in the volatile memory device is performed. The stripe in the volatile memory device is evicted to a stripe in the non-volatile memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Jiangli Zhu, Yi-Min Lin, Fangfang Zhu
  • Patent number: 11874769
    Abstract: A processing device in a memory sub-system maintains a mapping data structure to track data movements from a plurality of data management units associated with a media management operation on a memory device. The processing device further uses a first indicator and a second indicator of a plurality of indicators to indicate which data of data management units of a source group of data management units have been copied to a destination group of data management units during the media management operation. Data located in data management units preceding the first indicator have been copied to data management units of the destination group of data management units. Data located in data management units associated with the first indicator and the second indicator or between the first indicator and the second indicator are either copied to data management units of the destination group of data management units or remain located in data management units of the source group of data management units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Jiangli Zhu, Ying Yu Tai
  • Patent number: 11874779
    Abstract: A data bus is determined to be in a write mode. Whether a number of memory queues that identify at least one write operation satisfies a threshold criterion is determined. The memory queues include identifiers of one or more write operations and identifiers of one or more read operations. Responsive to determining that the number of memory queues satisfies the threshold criterion, a write operation from the memory queues is transmitted over the data bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Jiangli Zhu, Ying Yu Tai, Samir Mittal
  • Patent number: 11868642
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system that comprises a memory device and a processing device, operatively coupled with the memory device, to perform operations that include receiving, by the processing device, a trim command on the memory device, wherein the trim command references a range of logical block addresses (LBAs). The operations performed by the processing device further include identifying a group of memory cells corresponding to the range of LBAs, wherein the group of memory cells comprises one or more management units (MUs). The operations performed by the processing device further include updating a data structure associated with the group of memory cells to reference the request; receiving a memory access command with respect to the group of memory cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yueh-Hung Chen, Fangfang Zhu, Horia Simionescu, Chih-Kuo Kao, Jiangli Zhu
  • Patent number: 11869618
    Abstract: A sequencer component residing in a first package receives data from a controller residing in a second package that is different than the first package including the sequencer component. The sequencer component performs an error correction operation on the data received from the controller. The error correction operation encodes the data with additional data to generate a code word. The sequencer component stores the code word at a memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Samir Mittal, Ying Yu Tai, Cheng Yuan Wu, Jiangli Zhu
  • Patent number: 11861225
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed including a processing device operatively coupled to memory device. The processing device performs operations comprising generating a super management unit (SMU) memory access command; splitting the SMU memory access command into a plurality of management unit (MU) memory access commands; indexing, in an index data structure, each MU memory access command of the plurality of MU memory access commands; issuing, to the memory device, a sequence of MU memory access commands from the plurality of MU memory access commands; receiving an indication that a MU memory access command from the sequence of MU memory access commands is completed; and responsive to determining that the completed MU memory access command satisfies a criterion, issuing an available MU memory access command based on an index value of the available MU memory access command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yueh-Hung Chen, Jiangli Zhu, Chih-Kuo Kao, Fangfang Zhu
  • Patent number: 11861167
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for performing an access operation on a memory cell, incrementing a value of a first counter based on performing the access operation on the memory cell, determining that the incremented value of the first counter satisfies a threshold, incrementing a value of a second counter based on determining that the incremented value of the first counter satisfies the threshold, and performing a maintenance operation on the memory cell based on determining that the incremented value of the first counter satisfies the threshold are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Jiangli Zhu, Fangfang Zhu, Ying Yu Tai
  • Publication number: 20230409210
    Abstract: A stripe-based command pertaining to a set of host data items at management units (MUs) of a memory sub-system configured to support non-stripe based commands is received. A set of operations to be executed at the MUs based on the stripe-based command is determined. The set of operations include one or more first operations associated with the set of host data items, the one or more first operations having a first type, and one or more second operations associated with the set of host data items, the one or more second operations having a second type. A first set of commands corresponding to the one or more first operations and a second set of commands corresponding to the one or more second operations is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Juane Li, Fangfang Zhu, Jiangli Zhu
  • Patent number: 11847349
    Abstract: A partition command is stored at free memory address location of the local memory corresponding to an index of an address array. The index is associated with an entry in the address array. A last entry in a linked list of entries from a tail register is obtained based on an allocation of the stored partition command to a partition command queue of a plurality of partition command queues. The tail register corresponds to the partition command queue of the plurality of partition command queues. Responsive to obtaining the last entry in the linked list, an entry to the linked list after the last entry is appended. The entry corresponds to the index of the address array associated with the stored partition command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Juane Li, Fangfang Zhu, Jason Duong, Chih-Kuo Kao, Jiangli Zhu
  • Publication number: 20230393758
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems related to managing deck-specific read levels are described. The apparatus may include a memory array having the memory cells organized into two or more decks. The apparatus can determine a delay between programming the decks. The apparatus can derive and implement the deck-specific read levels by selectively adjusting a base read level with an offset level according to the delay and/or the targeted read location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Murong Lang, Tingjun Xie, Fangfang Zhu, Zhenming Zhou, Jiangli Zhu
  • Publication number: 20230395152
    Abstract: A method includes performing, over a time period, a quantity of write operations associated with a quad-level cell (QLC) memory block, determining the time period exceeds a threshold time, designating the QLC memory block as a bimodal, determining a voltage threshold level of a last successful read operation associated with the QLC memory block, and setting a read threshold level of at least a portion of the QLC memory block at the voltage threshold level of the last successful read operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Tingjun Xie, Murong Lang, Fangfang Zhu, Jiangli Zhu, Zhenming Zhou
  • Publication number: 20230395162
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems related to protecting an apparatus against unauthorized accesses or usages are described. The apparatus may include a data protection circuit that protects an operating state of the apparatus, data stored in the apparatus, or a combination thereof when a temperature of the apparatus is outside of an operating range thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Murong Lang, Tingjun Xie, Fangfang Zhu, Jiangli Zhu, Zhenming Zhou
  • Patent number: 11823772
    Abstract: A memory system includes a memory device and a processing device operatively coupled with the memory device. The processing device perform operations comprising receiving an indication that a first memory access operation performed in response to a first memory access command is complete, wherein the first memory access operation is associated with a first CAM entry comprising an identifier of a second CAM entry; identifying the second CAM entry using the indicator, wherein the second CAM entry references a second memory access command; and issuing, to the memory device, the second memory access command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Fangfang Zhu, Chih-Kuo Kao, Yueh-Hung Chen, Jiangli Zhu
  • Publication number: 20230359398
    Abstract: A determination is made of whether a memory sub-system operates in a full capacity mode or a reduced capacity mode. The full capacity mode corresponds to accessing data residing at a set of memory devices via a number of physical data channels that corresponds to a number of logical data channels. The reduced capacity mode corresponds to accessing the data via a number of physical data channels that is less than the number of logical data channels. A data structure is updated to include one or more mappings between physical data channels and logical data channels according to the determination. A memory access operation to access a data item at memory cells of at least one of the set of memory devices is executed based on the one or more mappings of the data structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Fangfang Zhu, Chih-Kuo Kao, Jiangli Zhu, Ying Yu Tai
  • Patent number: 11782831
    Abstract: A system for managing power loss can include a number of memory devices including a volatile memory device and a non-volatile memory device and a processing device operatively coupled with the plurality of memory devices. The processor can save a snapshot of a logical-to-physical (L2P) table to a non-volatile memory device and maintain a journal of updates of the L2P. The processor can, in response to a parameter of journal buffer of a volatile memory device satisfying a threshold criterion, save at least one journal of updates of the L2P table to the non-volatile memory device. It can also retrieve a sequence number from system metadata and save the most recent set of updates of the L2P table to a dedicated area of the non-volatile memory device, where the dedicated area is identified by the sequence number, in response to detecting a power loss event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Huapeng G. Guan, Frederick Adi, Jiangli Zhu, Yipei Yu, Venkata Naga Lakshman Pasala, Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 11782606
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for memory can include techniques for identifying first quantities of write counts for a first plurality of super management units (SMUs) in a mapped region of a memory sub-system, identifying, by a hardware component of the memory sub-system, a first SMU of the first plurality that includes a fewest quantity of write counts of the first quantity of write counts, and performing a wear-leveling operation based at least in part on a first quantity of write counts of the first SMU of the first plurality in the mapped region being less than a second quantity of writes counts of a second SMU of a second plurality of SMUs in an unmapped region of the memory sub-system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Fangfang Zhu, Wei Wang, Jiangli Zhu, Ying Yu Tai
  • Patent number: 11775179
    Abstract: A request to program a set of host data items to management units (MUs) of a fault tolerant stripe associated with a memory sub-system is received. A set of memory access operations to be executed at the MUs of the fault tolerant stripe in accordance with the received request is determined. The set of memory access operations include one or more read operations to read data from the MUs of the fault tolerant stripe. The set of memory access operations also include one or more write operations to write the set of host data items and redundancy metadata associated with the set of host data items to MUs of the fault tolerant stripe. A first series of commands corresponding to the one or more read operations of the set of memory access operations is executed. The redundancy metadata associated with the set of host data items is generated based on the data read from the MUs of the fault tolerant stripe during execution of the first series of commands and the set of host data items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Juane Li, Fangfang Zhu, Jiangli Zhu