Patents by Inventor Frank Bonitz

Frank Bonitz 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: 20230343402
    Abstract: A controller of a memory device may determine that an endurance parameter associated with a wear leveling pool of a memory of the memory device satisfies a threshold. The wear leveling pool includes a plurality of memory blocks of the memory. The controller may divide, based on determining that the endurance parameter satisfies the threshold, the plurality of memory blocks of the wear leveling pool into a first wear leveling pool subset that includes a first subset of the plurality of memory blocks and a second wear leveling pool subset that includes a second subset of the plurality of memory blocks. A first subset of a plurality of data partitions is stored in the first subset of the plurality of memory blocks, and a second subset of the plurality of data partitions is stored in the second subset of the plurality of memory blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventor: Rainer Frank BONITZ
  • Patent number: 11605405
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for power switching for embedded memory are described. A system may be configured with circuitry (e.g., power supply switching circuitry) coupled with or between a power supply and a power input node of a memory device, which may support selectively coupling or isolating the memory device and the power supply based on various conditions. For example, the circuitry may be configured for a selective coupling or a selective isolation based on a voltage level of the power supply satisfying various voltage thresholds. The circuitry may also be configured to support various input or output signaling, such as transmitting an indication of an isolation from the power supply, transmitting an indication to perform a memory initialization, or receiving an indication or command to perform a power cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Rainer Frank Bonitz
  • Publication number: 20220068319
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for power switching for embedded memory are described. A system may be configured with circuitry (e.g., power supply switching circuitry) coupled with or between a power supply and a power input node of a memory device, which may support selectively coupling or isolating the memory device and the power supply based on various conditions. For example, the circuitry may be configured for a selective coupling or a selective isolation based on a voltage level of the power supply satisfying various voltage thresholds. The circuitry may also be configured to support various input or output signaling, such as transmitting an indication of an isolation from the power supply, transmitting an indication to perform a memory initialization, or receiving an indication or command to perform a power cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventor: Rainer Frank Bonitz
  • Patent number: 11120844
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for power switching for embedded memory are described. A system may be configured with circuitry (e.g., power supply switching circuitry) coupled with or between a power supply and a power input node of a memory device, which may support selectively coupling or isolating the memory device and the power supply based on various conditions. For example, the circuitry may be configured for a selective coupling or a selective isolation based on a voltage level of the power supply satisfying various voltage thresholds. The circuitry may also be configured to support various input or output signaling, such as transmitting an indication of an isolation from the power supply, transmitting an indication to perform a memory initialization, or receiving an indication or command to perform a power cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Rainer Frank Bonitz
  • Patent number: 5974888
    Abstract: An ultrasonic angle-beam probe and a method for operating the angle-beam probe include an approach wedge to be driven into a gap. The overall height of the probe sets limits which preclude testing starting from a specific gap width. At least two approach wedges are provided in order to give the angle-beam probe a testing sensitivity that is maintained even in the case of a reduced overall height. A device is provided which can be assigned to a pulse generator, a sound evaluator or a connecting element to a sound transducer, in order to influence a sound echo time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: ABB Reaktor GmbH
    Inventor: Frank Bonitz
  • Patent number: 5708208
    Abstract: A testing head is provided which operates in accordance with the contact technique and has a flexibly constructed adaptor piece that is adapted to an intended contour of the conical bottom surface. A ring structure, which is disposed on the base surface of the adaptor piece, is constructed as a one-piece or multiple-piece ultrasonic transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: ABB Reaktor GmbH
    Inventor: Frank Bonitz