Patents by Inventor Huan-Jung Yeh

Huan-Jung Yeh 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: 10990325
    Abstract: A write control method, an associated data storage device and the controller thereof are provided. The write control method includes: receiving one or more commands from a host device and executing the one or more commands, and performing determining operations to generate determining results; in response to the determining results, starting performing write collection; collecting and handling one or more write commands to buffer data of the one or more write commands through a buffer memory, and performing other determining operations to generate other determining results; in response to the other determining results, according to a quantity of one or more collected and handled write commands, determining whether data thereof has filled up a write buffer region of the buffer memory; and in response to the data having filled up the write buffer region, flushing the write buffer region to write the data therein into a non-volatile memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Silicon Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Han Hsiao, Yang-Chih Shen, Huan-Jung Yeh
  • Publication number: 20200110555
    Abstract: A write control method, an associated data storage device and the controller thereof are provided. The write control method includes: receiving one or more commands from a host device and executing the one or more commands, and performing determining operations to generate determining results; in response to the determining results, starting performing write collection; collecting and handling one or more write commands to buffer data of the one or more write commands through a buffer memory, and performing other determining operations to generate other determining results; in response to the other determining results, according to a quantity of one or more collected and handled write commands, determining whether data thereof has filled up a write buffer region of the buffer memory; and in response to the data having filled up the write buffer region, flushing the write buffer region to write the data therein into a non-volatile memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Yu-Han Hsiao, Yang-Chih Shen, Huan-Jung Yeh
  • Patent number: 10600491
    Abstract: A method for managing a plurality of data blocks of a data storage device includes steps of: reading a plurality of data pages in the data blocks which having valid data; updating a plurality of access counts of the data pages in the data blocks; determining whether an access count of the data block is greater than or equal to an access count threshold, wherein the access count of the data block is selected from one of the access counts of the data pages therein; and when the determination is positive, storing data in the data block into a spare data block of the data blocks. The access count threshold is updated when an erase count of the data block is determined to be greater than or equal to an erase count threshold. A method of data management for a data storage device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: SILICON MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: Po-Sheng Chou, Huan-Jung Yeh
  • Publication number: 20190347006
    Abstract: A method of system information programming for a data storage apparatus is provided. Whether a system information is a block linking table is determined. In response to the determination that the system information is the block linking table, a part of the system information is programmed to a head big page in a system block including a number of big pages, rest of the system information is programmed to at least one of the big pages in the system block, and a recording table is programmed to a tail big page in the system block. In response to the determination that the system information is not the block linking table, the system information is programmed to at least one of the big pages in the system block, and the recording table is programmed to the tail big page in the system block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: Silicon Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Huan-Jung YEH, Ching-Ke CHEN
  • Publication number: 20180322936
    Abstract: A method for managing a plurality of data blocks of a data storage device includes steps of: reading a plurality of data pages in the data blocks which having valid data; updating a plurality of access counts of the data pages in the data blocks; determining whether an access count of the data block is greater than or equal to an access count threshold, wherein the access count of the data block is selected from one of the access counts of the data pages therein; and when the determination is positive, storing data in the data block into a spare data block of the data blocks. The access count threshold is updated when an erase count of the data block is determined to be greater than or equal to an erase count threshold. A method of data management for a data storage device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: PO-SHENG CHOU, HUAN-JUNG YEH
  • Patent number: 10062442
    Abstract: A method for managing a plurality of data blocks of a data storage device includes steps of: reading a plurality of data pages in the data blocks which having valid data; updating a plurality of access counts of the data pages in the data blocks; determining whether an access count of the data block is greater than or equal to an access count threshold, wherein the access count of the data block is selected from one of the access counts of the data pages therein; and when the determination is positive, storing data in the data block into a spare data block of the data blocks. The access count threshold is updated when an erase count of the data block is determined to be greater than or equal to an erase count threshold. A method of data management for a data storage device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: SILICON MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: Po-Sheng Chou, Huan-Jung Yeh
  • Publication number: 20170329542
    Abstract: A method for managing a plurality of data blocks of a data storage device includes steps of: reading a plurality of data pages in the data blocks which having valid data; updating a plurality of access counts of the data pages in the data blocks; determining whether an access count of the data block is greater than or equal to an access count threshold, wherein the access count of the data block is selected from one of the access counts of the data pages therein; and when the determination is positive, storing data in the data block into a spare data block of the data blocks. The access count threshold is updated when an erase count of the data block is determined to be greater than or equal to an erase count threshold. A method of data management for a data storage device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Po-Sheng Chou, Huan-Jung Yeh