Patents by Inventor Andrew Wayne Vogan

Andrew Wayne Vogan 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).

  • Apparatus and method for defect revectoring in a multi-channel mass storage device
    Patent number: 8924601
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a mass storage system may include a mass storage device having a plurality of memory channels, and a controller coupled to the mass storage device, wherein the controller is configured to control access to the mass storage device. For example, the controller may include code to determine a first vertical redirect budget for a first memory channel of the plurality of memory channels, revector defects in the first memory channel vertically within the first memory channel until the first vertical redirect budget is exceeded, and revector defects in the first memory channel horizontally outside of the first memory channel within another memory channel of the plurality of memory channels after the first vertical redirect budget is exceeded. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Wayne Vogan, Jeffrey McVay
  • Error correction in a solid state disk
    Patent number: 8438455
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a solid state disk includes a non-volatile memory and a controller. The controller performs ECC on data stored on the non-volatile memory, and performs a parity operation on the data if the ECC cannot correct the data. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Wayne Vogan, Richard Coulson
  • Apparatus and method for defect revectoring in a multi-channel mass storage device
    Publication number: 20100257323
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a mass storage system may include a mass storage device having a plurality of memory channels, and a controller coupled to the mass storage device, wherein the controller is configured to control access to the mass storage device. For example, the controller may include code to determine a first vertical redirect budget for a first memory channel of the plurality of memory channels, revector defects in the first memory channel vertically within the first memory channel until the first vertical redirect budget is exceeded, and revector defects in the first memory channel horizontally outside of the first memory channel within another memory channel of the plurality of memory channels after the first vertical redirect budget is exceeded. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Andrew Wayne Vogan, Jeffrey McVay
  • Error correction in a solid state disk
    Publication number: 20100169743
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a solid state disk includes a non-volatile memory and a controller. The controller performs ECC on data stored on the non-volatile memory, and performs a parity operation on the data if the ECC cannot correct the data. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Andrew Wayne Vogan, Richard Coulson