Patents by Inventor Shuo-Nan Hong

Shuo-Nan Hong 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).

  • Patent number: 9412460
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device comprises a semiconductor substrate, a first memory block on the substrate comprising NAND memory cells, a second memory block on the substrate comprising NAND memory cells, and controller circuitry. The first and second memory blocks are configurable to store data for a first pattern of data usage in response to a first operation algorithm to read, program and erase data, and for a second pattern of data usage in response to a second operation algorithm to read, program and erase data, respectively. The controller circuitry is coupled to the first and second memory blocks, and is configured to execute the first and second operation algorithms, wherein a word line pass voltage for read operations applied in the first operation algorithm is at a lower voltage level than a second word line pass voltage for read operations applied in the second operation algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tzung Shen Chen, Shuo Nan Hong, Yi Ching Liu, Chun-Hsiung Hung
  • Publication number: 20150063023
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device comprises a semiconductor substrate, a first memory block on the substrate comprising NAND memory cells, a second memory block on the substrate comprising NAND memory cells, and controller circuitry. The first and second memory blocks are configurable to store data for a first pattern of data usage in response to a first operation algorithm to read, program and erase data, and for a second pattern of data usage in response to a second operation algorithm to read, program and erase data, respectively. The controller circuitry is coupled to the first and second memory blocks, and is configured to execute the first and second operation algorithms, wherein a word line pass voltage for read operations applied in the first operation algorithm is at a lower voltage level than a second word line pass voltage for read operations applied in the second operation algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tzung Shen Chen, Shuo Nan Hong, Yi Ching Liu, Chun-Hsiung Hung
  • Patent number: 8902656
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device comprises a semiconductor substrate, a first memory block on the substrate comprising NAND memory cells, a second memory block on the substrate comprising NAND memory cells, and controller circuitry. The first and second memory blocks are configurable to store data for a first pattern of data usage in response to a first operation algorithm to read, program and erase data, and for a second pattern of data usage in response to a second operation algorithm to read, program and erase data, respectively. The controller circuitry is coupled to the first and second memory blocks, and is configured to execute the first and second operation algorithms, wherein a word line pass voltage for read operations applied in the first operation algorithm is at a lower voltage level than a second word line pass voltage for read operations applied in the second operation algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tzung-Shen Chen, Shuo-Nan Hong, Yi-Ching Liu, Chun-Hsiung Hung
  • Publication number: 20130294155
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device comprises a semiconductor substrate, a first memory block on the substrate comprising NAND memory cells, a second memory block on the substrate comprising NAND memory cells, and controller circuitry. The first and second memory blocks are configurable to store data for a first pattern of data usage in response to a first operation algorithm to read, program and erase data, and for a second pattern of data usage in response to a second operation algorithm to read, program and erase data, respectively. The controller circuitry is coupled to the first and second memory blocks, and is configured to execute the first and second operation algorithms, wherein a word line pass voltage for read operations applied in the first operation algorithm is at a lower voltage level than a second word line pass voltage for read operations applied in the second operation algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Tzung-Shen Chen, Shuo-Nan Hong, Yi-Ching Liu, Chun-Hsiung Hung