Patents by Inventor Guan-Ying Lai

Guan-Ying Lai 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).

  • Refresh method for switching between different refresh types based on at least one parameter of volatile memory and related memory controller
    Patent number: 9355704
    Abstract: A refresh method of a volatile memory includes at least the following steps: detecting at least one parameter of the volatile memory; selecting a target refresh type from a plurality of candidate refresh types according to the at least one parameter; and performing a refresh operation upon the volatile memory according to the target refresh type. In one embodiment, the candidate refresh types include at least a first candidate refresh type and a second candidate refresh type, each refresh command complying with the first candidate refresh type is arranged to refresh a first number of banks of the volatile memory, and each refresh command complying with the second candidate refresh type is arranged to refresh a second number of banks of the volatile memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventor: Guan-Ying Lai
  • REFRESH METHOD FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN DIFFERENT REFRESH TYPES BASED ON AT LEAST ONE PARAMETER OF VOLATILE MEMORY AND RELATED MEMORY CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20140185403
    Abstract: A refresh method of a volatile memory includes at least the following steps: detecting at least one parameter of the volatile memory; selecting a target refresh type from a plurality of candidate refresh types according to the at least one parameter; and performing a refresh operation upon the volatile memory according to the target refresh type. In one embodiment, the candidate refresh types include at least a first candidate refresh type and a second candidate refresh type, each refresh command complying with the first candidate refresh type is arranged to refresh a first number of banks of the volatile memory, and each refresh command complying with the second candidate refresh type is arranged to refresh a second number of banks of the volatile memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventor: Guan-Ying Lai