Patents Assigned to Phison Electronics Corp.
  • Patent number: 12687987
    Abstract: A memory control method, a memory storage device, and a memory control circuit unit for a rewritable non-volatile memory module are provided. The method includes: judging a load level of the rewritable non-volatile memory module; determining a suspend interval between a plurality of suspend commands according to the load level; and sequentially issuing the suspend commands to the rewritable non-volatile memory module according to the suspend interval. The suspend commands are configured to suspend an operation currently executed by the rewritable non-volatile memory module to execute a read operation. A time interval from an end of the read operation to receiving a next suspend command is greater than or equal to the suspend interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Xing Yu Chen, Ting Wei Chen
  • Publication number: 20260195215
    Abstract: A memory management method, a memory storage device, and a memory control circuit unit are provided. The method includes: setting a timer corresponding to a first physical unit after powering on; performing a read operation on the first physical unit and determining whether a data error condition is met; and marking the first physical unit as a bad physical unit when the data error condition is met and an elapsed time indicated by the timer is less than a threshold time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2025
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Applicant: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Shih-Jia Zeng, Chia Ming Liu, Chia-Hao Hsu, Luong Khon, Li Lin
  • Publication number: 20260178196
    Abstract: A memory management method, a memory storage device, and a memory control circuit unit are provided. The memory management method includes: recording a random read count for each of multiple first physical units, in which each first physical unit stores valid data; initiating a data merging process; selecting multiple source physical units from the first physical units according to the random read count; and moving valid data in the source physical units to a target physical unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2025
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Applicant: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Cheng-Hua Wu
  • Publication number: 20260178195
    Abstract: A memory management method, including: acquiring multiple architecture parameters of an artificial intelligence model; obtaining a memory allocation size used in a training process of the artificial intelligence model according to the multiple architecture parameters; configuring a target memory region in random access memory according to the memory allocation size, wherein train processing stage in the training process of the artificial intelligence model shares the target memory region; and temporarily storing intermediate data corresponding to each train processing stage of the training process of the artificial intelligence model in the target memory region, wherein the intermediate data is transferred between accelerator processor module, the random access memory, and a storage device. Thereby, the present invention can automatically calculate the optimized memory allocation size, and through the design of shared memory space, effectively improve memory fragmentation issues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2025
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Applicant: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Jian Ping Syu, Yu-Hao Wang, Hao-Zhi Lee, Szu-Wei Chen, An-Cheng Liu
  • Publication number: 20260178445
    Abstract: An encoding control method, a memory storage device, and a memory control circuit unit are provided. The encoding control method includes: obtaining write data; performing an encoding operation by an encoding circuit to generate first parity data and second parity data according to the write data, in which the second parity data is not generated according to the first parity data; sending a first write command sequence to instruct a storage of the write data, the first parity data, and the second parity data in a rewritable non-volatile memory module, in which the first parity data is used to perform a decoding operation with the write data, and the second parity data, along with the first parity data, is used to perform the decoding operation with the write data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2025
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Applicant: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Yu-Hsiang Lin, Bo Lun Huang
  • Patent number: 12646552
    Abstract: A memory management method, a memory storage device and a memory control circuit unit are disclosed. The method includes: detecting a status of a rewritable non-volatile memory module; and determining whether to perform a data refresh operation on the rewritable non-volatile memory module according to a first condition and a second condition. The first condition is related to a first physical unit in the rewritable non-volatile memory module. The second condition is related to a plurality of second physical units in the rewritable non-volatile memory module. The data refresh operation is configured to update data in the rewritable non-volatile memory module to reduce a bit error rate of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Shih-Jia Zeng, Chen Yang Tang, Hsuan Ming Kuo, Shi-Chieh Hsu, Wei Lin
  • Patent number: 12632182
    Abstract: A memory management method, a memory storage device, and a memory control circuit unit are disclosed. The memory management method includes: writing first data into N super physical programming units of a first super physical erasing unit in a plurality of super physical erasing units; generating N first temporary parity codes according to the first data and storing the N first temporary parity codes in a buffer memory; writing second data into M super physical programming units of a second super physical erasing unit in the plurality of super physical erasing units; performing an encoding operation on the second data and the N first temporary parity codes to generate N first parity codes; and writing the N first parity codes into the second super physical erasing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Horng-Sheng Yan
  • Publication number: 20260133875
    Abstract: An error handling method, a memory storage device, and a memory control circuit unit are provided. The error handling method includes: calculating a first decoding rate of a first error handling process, where the first error handling process includes a plurality of decoding operations performed based on a first order; and in response to the first decoding rate being less than a first threshold, switching the first error handling process to a second error handling process, where the second error handling process includes a plurality of decoding operations performed based on a second order, where a decoding capability of a first decoding operation indicated by the second order is better than a decoding capability of a first decoding operation indicated by the first order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2025
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Applicant: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Shih-Jia Zeng, Chun-Ching Li, Kuan-Chou Lin, Hsiao-Yi Lin, Yi-Fang Chang
  • Patent number: 12625619
    Abstract: A memory management method is provided for a rewritable non-volatile memory module. The method includes: initiating a data merging operation; selecting a source physical unit and a target physical unit from the rewritable non-volatile memory module to perform the data merging operation; determining whether to create a backup table corresponding to a logical-to-physical mapping table; if it is determined to create the backup table, copying first data located at a first physical address in the source physical unit to a second physical address in the target physical unit, and recording the second physical address in the backup table; and determining whether to update the second physical address to the logical-to-physical mapping table based on information in the backup table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Yen Chen Yeh
  • Publication number: 20260127488
    Abstract: A training method for a machine learning model and a host system are provided. The host system includes a rewritable non-volatile memory module. The training method includes: executing a training process of the machine learning model, which includes, in an iteration at an epoch of the training process, storing transient data and backtracking data generated by the iteration in the rewritable non-volatile memory module; and in response to an abnormality occurring in the host system which causes an interruption in the iteration, reading the transient data and the backtracking data from the rewritable non-volatile memory module, determining a stage of the iteration based on the backtracking data, and resuming the stage according to the transient data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2024
    Publication date: May 7, 2026
    Applicant: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Yu-Hao Wang, Szu-Wei Chen, Jian Ping Syu, Hao-Zhi Lee, An-Cheng Liu
  • Patent number: 12609180
    Abstract: A data check method, a memory storage device, and a memory control circuit unit are disclosed. The method includes the following. A connection between a memory storage device and a host system is established. First check data is generated according to first data. The first check data is maintained in the memory storage device. A cross-device write command is sent through the connection to store the first data into a memory in the host system. After the cross-device write command is sent, a cross-device read command is sent through the connection to read back the first data from the memory in the host system. In response to cross-device reading meeting a check trigger condition, a first check operation is performed on the read-back first data according to the check data to check whether the read back first data is abnormal. In response to the cross-device reading not meeting the check trigger condition, the first check operation is skipped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Chih-Kang Yeh
  • Patent number: 12591381
    Abstract: A memory control method, a memory storage device and a memory control circuit unit are disclosed. The method includes: detecting a state of the memory storage device; and adjusting an operation mode of the memory storage device according to the state of the memory storage device, wherein the operation mode includes a first operation mode and a second operation mode, and a first waiting time before the memory storage device entering a power saving mode in the first operation mode is longer than a second waiting time before the memory storage device entering the power saving mode in the second operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Yen Chun Tseng, Shih Hwa Liu
  • Publication number: 20260072597
    Abstract: A memory management method is provided for a rewritable non-volatile memory module. The method includes: initiating a data merging operation; selecting a source physical unit and a target physical unit from the rewritable non-volatile memory module to perform the data merging operation; determining whether to create a backup table corresponding to a logical-to-physical mapping table; if it is determined to create the backup table, copying first data located at a first physical address in the source physical unit to a second physical address in the target physical unit, and recording the second physical address in the backup table; and determining whether to update the second physical address to the logical-to-physical mapping table based on information in the backup table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Applicant: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Yen Chen Yeh
  • Patent number: 12561064
    Abstract: A memory management method, a memory storage device, and a memory control circuit unit are provided. The method includes: detecting a first temperature status of a rewritable non-volatile memory module; performing a first write operation on a first physical unit under the first temperature status to store first data to the first physical unit; after performing the first write operation, detecting a second temperature status of the rewritable non-volatile memory module; in response to the first temperature status and the second temperature status meeting a first condition, performing a data refresh operation on the first physical unit under the second temperature status to re-store the first data to a second physical unit different from the first physical unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Jia-Fan Chien, Wei Lin, Yu-Cheng Hsu, Yu-Siang Yang
  • Publication number: 20260050547
    Abstract: A memory management method, a memory storage device and a memory control circuit unit are disclosed. The method includes: setting an initial value of count information corresponding to at least one of a plurality of physical management units to be greater than zero; setting initial values of count information corresponding to at least two of the physical management units to be different from each other; and updating first count information corresponding to a first physical management unit among the physical management units according to a first operation performed on the first physical management unit, wherein the first count information reflects a reference number of times of performing the first operation on the first physical management unit, and the reference number of times is greater than an actual number of times of performing the first operation on the first physical management unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2024
    Publication date: February 19, 2026
    Applicant: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Kuei An Yang, Hsin-Yu Chang
  • Publication number: 20260044282
    Abstract: A memory control method, a memory storage device, and a memory control circuit unit for a rewritable non-volatile memory module are provided. The method includes: judging a load level of the rewritable non-volatile memory module; determining a suspend interval between a plurality of suspend commands according to the load level; and sequentially issuing the suspend commands to the rewritable non-volatile memory module according to the suspend interval. The suspend commands are configured to suspend an operation currently executed by the rewritable non-volatile memory module to execute a read operation. A time interval from an end of the read operation to receiving a next suspend command is greater than or equal to the suspend interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Publication date: February 12, 2026
    Applicant: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Xing Yu Chen, Ting Wei Chen
  • Publication number: 20260024598
    Abstract: A wear leveling method, a memory storage device and a memory control circuit unit are provided. The wear leveling method includes: obtaining an open bit count of each physical erasing unit; determining whether there is a first physical erasing unit with the open bit count greater than a first threshold; and in response to there being the first physical erasing unit with the open bit count greater than the first threshold, performing a first wear leveling operation on the first physical erasing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 22, 2026
    Applicant: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Yu-Heng Liu, Yu-Siang Yang, Chia-Cheng Hsu, An-Cheng Liu, Wei Lin
  • Publication number: 20250391480
    Abstract: A signal receiving circuit, a memory storage device, and a reference voltage adjustment method are provided. The method includes: obtaining a first signal and a plurality of reference voltage levels; sensing a voltage relative relationship between the first signal and the plurality of reference voltage levels, where the voltage relative relationship reflects bit data carried by the first signal; detecting edge information of the first signal; and adjusting at least one of the plurality of reference voltage levels according to the edge information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2024
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Applicant: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Kun-Ruei Li, Yu-Chiang Liao
  • Patent number: 12504914
    Abstract: A clock signal control method is provided according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure. In the method, an access operation is executed on a volatile memory module through a memory interface circuit, and a duty cycle of a first clock signal is set according to a type of the access operation. Furthermore, the first clock signal is transmitted to the volatile memory module to execute the access operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Ming-Chien Huang
  • Publication number: 20250384942
    Abstract: An electrical parameter adjustment method, a memory storage device, and a memory control circuit unit are provided. The method includes: detecting a status of a rewritable non-volatile memory module; in response to the status of the rewritable non-volatile memory module meeting a first condition, sending a single-state read command, wherein the single-state read command instructs reading a first physical unit based on a specific voltage, and the specific voltage is a read pass voltage corresponding to the first physical unit; and adjusting at least one electrical parameter of the rewritable non-volatile memory according to a read result of the single-state read command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2024
    Publication date: December 18, 2025
    Applicant: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Yu-Heng Liu, Yu-Siang Yang, Chia-Cheng Hsu, An-Cheng Liu, Wei Lin