Patents by Inventor Ying Yu Tai

Ying Yu Tai 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: 11404092
    Abstract: A processing device determines a subset of a plurality of blocks from a volatile memory device of a memory sub-system, retrieves the subset of the plurality of blocks from the volatile memory device, and writes the subset of the plurality of blocks to a non-volatile cross point array memory device of the memory sub-system using a first type of write operation. The processing device further receives an indication of a power loss in the memory sub-system, and responsive to receiving the indication of the power loss, writes a remainder of the plurality of blocks to the non-volatile cross point array memory device using a second type of write operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward McGlaughlin, Ying Yu Tai, Samir Mittal
  • Patent number: 11392292
    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: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Jiangli Zhu, Fangfang Zhu, Ying Yu Tai
  • Publication number: 20220206941
    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: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Jiangli Zhu, Ying Yu Tai
  • Patent number: 11360672
    Abstract: Data is copied, to a first group of data blocks in a first plurality of groups of unmapped data blocks, from a second group of data blocks in a second plurality of groups of mapped data blocks. Upon copying data to the first group of data blocks from the second group of data blocks, the first group of data blocks is included in the second plurality of groups of mapped data blocks. Upon including the first group of data blocks in the second plurality of groups of mapped data blocks, a wear leveling operation is performed on the first group of data blocks, wherein performing the wear leveling operation comprises determining a base address of the first group of data blocks, the base address indicating a location at which the first group of data blocks begins. A request to access subsequent data at a logical address associated with a data block included in the first group of data blocks is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Fangfang Zhu, Jiangli Zhu, Ning Chen, Ying Yu Tai
  • Patent number: 11341036
    Abstract: A system includes a memory device and a processing device, coupled to the memory device. The processing device is to sample a first subset of data units from a set of data units of the memory device using a biased sampling process that increases a probability of sampling particular data units from the set of data units based on one or more characteristics associated with the particular data units. The processing device is to identify a first candidate data unit from the first subset of data units and perform a wear leveling operation in view of the first candidate data unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ying Yu Tai, Jiangli Zhu
  • Patent number: 11320987
    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: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Fangfang Zhu, Wei Wang, Jiangli Zhu, Ying Yu Tai
  • Patent number: 11307983
    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: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Jiangli Zhu, Ying Yu Tai
  • Patent number: 11294750
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a system includes a plurality of memory components and a processing device. The processing device includes a command-lifecycle logger component that is configured to perform command-lifecycle-logging operations, which include detecting a triggering event for logging command-lifecycle debugging data, and responsively logging command-lifecycle debugging data. Logging command-lifecycle debugging data includes generating the command-lifecycle debugging data and storing the generated command-lifecycle debugging data in data storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Fangfang Zhu, Ying Yu Tai, Jiangli Zhu, Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 11288013
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for one or more acceleration engines for memory sub-system operations are described. An acceleration engine can perform one or more validation procedures on one or more codewords of a management unit. The acceleration engine can collect validation data for the management unit based on performing the validation procedures. The acceleration engine can aggregate the validation data into group validation data associated with a set of management units. The acceleration engine can transmit the group validation data to firmware of a memory sub-system or a host device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Fangfang Zhu, Jiangli Zhu, Ying Yu Tai, Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 11281533
    Abstract: Data stored on each of a set of memory components can be read. Corresponding data stored on a number of the set of memory components that cannot be decoded using an error correction code decoding operation can be identified. A determination can be made whether the number of the set of memory components that include the corresponding data that cannot be decoded from the ECC decoding operation satisfies a threshold condition. Responsive to determining that the number of the set of memory components that include the corresponding data that cannot be decoded from the second ECC decoding operation satisfies the threshold condition, a processing device, can perform a redundancy error correction decoding operation to correct the data stored on each of the set of memory components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ying Yu Tai, Jiangli Zhu, Zhengang Chen
  • Publication number: 20220075682
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a system includes a plurality of memory components and a processing device that is operatively coupled with the plurality of memory components. The processing device includes a host interface, an access management component, a media management component (MMC), and an MMC-restart manager that is configured to perform operations including detecting a triggering event for restarting the MMC, and responsively performing MMC-restart operations that include suspending operation of the access management component; determining whether the MMC is operating, and if so then suspending operation of the MMC; resetting the MMC; resuming operation of the MMC; and resuming operation of the access management component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Jiangli Zhu, Ying Yu Tai, Fangfang Zhu, Wei Wang
  • Publication number: 20220051737
    Abstract: One or more write operations are performed on a memory component. First data stored at the memory component is read. A determination is made as to whether an error rate associated with the first data stored at the memory component exceeds an error rate threshold. If the error rate exceeds the error rate threshold, a threshold value is adjusted. A determination is made as to whether a number of the plurality of write operations performed on the memory component since performance of a refresh operation on the memory component exceeds the threshold value. In response to determining that the number of write operations performed on the memory component exceeds the threshold value, a memory cell of the memory component is identified based on the plurality of write operations. Second data stored at memory cells of the memory component that are proximate to the identified memory cell is refreshed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Fangfang Zhu, Jiangli Zhu, Ying Yu Tai
  • Patent number: 11243831
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a system includes a plurality of memory components and a processing device that is operatively coupled with the plurality of memory components. The processing device includes a host interface, an access management component, a media management component (MMC), and an MMC-restart manager that is configured to perform operations including detecting a triggering event for restarting the MMC, and responsively performing MMC-restart operations that include suspending operation of the access management component; determining whether the MMC is operating, and if so then suspending operation of the MMC; resetting the MMC; resuming operation of the MMC; and resuming operation of the access management component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jiangli Zhu, Ying Yu Tai, Fangfang Zhu, Wei Wang
  • Publication number: 20220035572
    Abstract: A processing device, operatively coupled with a memory device, performs operations including receiving a write request from a host system at a first time, the write request identifying first data to be stored in a segment of the memory device, determining whether a pre-read voltage level of the write request satisfies a pre-read voltage level criterion pertaining to a write-to-write time interval for the segment, wherein the write-to-write time interval is defined by the first time and a second time corresponding to a last time at which the segment was written, and responsive to determining that the pre-read voltage level satisfies the pre-read voltage level criterion pertaining to the write-to-write time interval, performing a pre-read operation on the segment using the pre-read voltage level to determine second data currently stored in the segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Ying Yu Tai, Jiangli Zhu
  • Publication number: 20220019383
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and media are described for unmap support in coarse mapped storage. In one embodiment a controller of a memory sub-system manages a set of metadata for super management units (SMU) of the memory sub-system, wherein each SMU of the memory sub-system comprises a plurality of data management units (MU), and wherein each MU comprises a plurality of addressable memory elements as part of a coarse memory storage of the memory sub-system. The controller processes a trim command for a first SMU of the plurality of SMUs, and adjusts a trim bit associated with metadata for the first SMU. This trim bit can then be used to manage read and write operations as the trimmed unit waits to be written with an unmap data pattern. Similarly, a trim bit in MU metadata can be used manage related operations to prevent memory access errors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Fangfang Zhu, Ying Yu Tai, Ning Chen, Jiangli Zhu, Alex Tang
  • Patent number: 11216218
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and media are described for unmap support in coarse mapped storage. In one embodiment a controller of a memory sub-system manages a set of metadata for super management units (SMU) of the memory sub-system, wherein each SMU of the memory sub-system comprises a plurality of data management units (MU), and wherein each MU comprises a plurality of addressable memory elements as part of a coarse memory storage of the memory sub-system. The controller processes a trim command for a first SMU of the plurality of SMUs, and adjusts a trim bit associated with metadata for the first SMU. This trim bit can then be used to manage read and write operations as the trimmed unit waits to be written with an unmap data pattern. Similarly, a trim bit in MU metadata can be used manage related operations to prevent memory access errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Fangfang Zhu, Ying Yu Tai, Ning Chen, Jiangli Zhu, Alex Tang
  • Patent number: 11199999
    Abstract: A processing device, operatively coupled with a memory device, is configured to receive a write request identifying data to be stored in a segment of the memory device. The processing device determines a write-to-write (W2W) time interval for the segment and determines whether the W2W time interval falls within a first W2W time interval range, the first W2W time interval range corresponds to a first pre-read voltage level. Responsive to the W2W time interval for the segment falling within the first W2W interval range, the processing device performs a pre-read operation on the segment using the first pre-read voltage level. The processing device identifies a subset of the data to be stored in the segment comprising bits of data that are different than corresponding bits of the data stored in the segment. The processing device further performs a write operation to store the subset of the data in the segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ying Yu Tai, Jiangli Zhu
  • Publication number: 20210365391
    Abstract: An instruction can be received at a sequencer from a controller. The sequencer can be in a package including the sequencer and one or more memory components. The sequencer is operatively coupled to a controller that is separate from the package. A processing device of the sequencer can perform an operation based on the instruction on at least one of the one or more memory components in the package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Samir Mittal, Ying Yu Tai, Cheng Yuan Wu
  • Patent number: 11164641
    Abstract: One or more write operations are performed on a memory component. A determination is made as to whether a number of the plurality of write operations performed on the memory component since performance of a refresh operation on the memory component exceeds a threshold value. In response to determining that the number of write operations performed on the memory component exceeds the threshold value, a memory cell of the memory component is identified based on the plurality of write operations. Data stored at memory cells of the memory component that are proximate to the identified memory cell is refreshed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Fangfang Zhu, Jiangli Zhu, Ying Yu Tai
  • Patent number: 11126544
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory (NVM) apparatus and a garbage collection method thereof are provided. The NVM apparatus includes a NVM and a controller. The controller is coupled to the NVM. The controller accesses the NVM according to a logical address of a write command of a host. The controller performs the garbage collection method to release space occupied by invalid data. The garbage collection method includes: grouping a plurality of blocks of the NVM into a plurality of tiers according to hotness of data, moving valid data in one closed source block of a hotter tier among the tiers to one open target block of a cooler tier among the tiers, and erasing the closed source block of the hotter tier to release space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: VIA Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ying Yu Tai, Jiangli Zhu