Patents by Inventor Jen-Chien Fu

Jen-Chien Fu 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: 10720222
    Abstract: A solid state storage device includes a non-volatile memory and a control circuit. The non-volatile memory includes a specified region. The control circuit is connected with the non-volatile memory, and includes a function storage circuit. A state prediction function for a first failure mode and a state prediction function for a second failure mode are stored in the function storage circuit. If the control circuit confirms that the specified region is changed from the first failure mode to the second failure mode, the control circuit predicts the specified region according to current state parameters of the specified region and the state prediction function for the second failure mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SOLID STATE STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shih-Jia Zeng, Jen-Chien Fu, Tsu-Han Lu, Hsiao-Chang Yen
  • Patent number: 10658065
    Abstract: A failure mode detection method is provided. A first default read voltage is changed to a first read retry voltage by a first increment, and a second default read voltage is changed to a second read retry voltage by a second increment. A memory cell array of a solid state storage device is successfully read according to the first and second read retry voltages. If an absolute value of the first increment minus an absolute value of the second increment is larger than a predetermined voltage value, the memory cell array is in a data retention failure mode. If the absolute value of the first increment minus the absolute value of the second increment is smaller than the predetermined voltage value, the memory cell array is in a low temperature write high temperature read failure mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: SOLID STATE STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shih-Jia Zeng, Jen-Chien Fu, Tsu-Han Lu, Kuan-Chun Chen
  • Patent number: 10629269
    Abstract: A read table management method for a solid state storage device includes the following steps. If the lowest computation value in a hot group is lower than the highest computation value in a cold group when a read table adjusting process is enabled, a first read voltage set corresponding to the lowest computation value in the hot group and a second read voltage set corresponding to the highest computation value in the cold group are swapped with each other. Consequently, the second read voltage set becomes to belong to the hot group, and the first read voltage set becomes to belong to the cold group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: SOLID STATE STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shih-Jia Zeng, Chun-Wei Kuo, Kuan-Chun Chen, Jen-Chien Fu
  • Patent number: 10629289
    Abstract: A solid state storage device is in communication with a host. The solid state storage device includes a control circuit and a non-volatile memory. The control circuit is in communication with the host. The control circuit includes an error correction circuit and a prediction model storage circuit. A prediction model is stored in the prediction model storage circuit. The non-volatile memory includes a memory cell array. The memory cell array includes plural blocks. Each of the blocks includes a corresponding state parameter. The control circuit determines a selected block from the memory cell array. The control circuit judges whether to perform a specified operation on the selected block according to the state parameter of the selected block and the prediction model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: SOLID STATE STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shih-Jia Zeng, Jen-Chien Fu, Tsu-Han Lu, Kuan-Chun Chen
  • Patent number: 10606518
    Abstract: A solid state storage device includes a control circuit and a non-volatile memory. The control circuit includes a retry table. In addition, plural retry read-voltage sets are recorded in the retry table, and the retry table is divided into plural retry sub-tables. The plural retry read-voltage sets are classified into plural groups. The plural retry read-voltage sets are recorded into the corresponding retry sub-tables. The non-volatile memory is connected with the control circuit. During a read retry process of a read cycle, the control circuit performs a hard decoding process according to a retry sub-table of the plural retry sub-tables. If the hard decoding process fails, the control circuit performs a soft decoding process according to another retry sub-table of the plural retry sub-tables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SOLID STATE STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shih-Jia Zeng, Jen-Chien Fu, Tsu-Han Lu, Hsiao-Chang Yen
  • Publication number: 20200065174
    Abstract: A solid state storage device includes a non-volatile memory and a control circuit. The non-volatile memory includes a specified region. The control circuit is connected with the non-volatile memory, and includes a function storage circuit. A state prediction function for a first failure mode and a state prediction function for a second failure mode are stored in the function storage circuit. If the control circuit confirms that the specified region is changed from the first failure mode to the second failure mode, the control circuit predicts the specified region according to current state parameters of the specified region and the state prediction function for the second failure mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Shih-Jia ZENG, Jen-Chien FU, Tsu-Han LU, Hsiao-Chang YEN
  • Publication number: 20200042237
    Abstract: A solid state storage device includes a control circuit and a non-volatile memory. The control circuit includes a retry table. In addition, plural retry read-voltage sets are recorded in the retry table, and the retry table is divided into plural retry sub-tables. The plural retry read-voltage sets are classified into plural groups. The plural retry read-voltage sets are recorded into the corresponding retry sub-tables. The non-volatile memory is connected with the control circuit. During a read retry process of a read cycle, the control circuit performs a hard decoding process according to a retry sub-table of the plural retry sub-tables. If the hard decoding process fails, the control circuit performs a soft decoding process according to another retry sub-table of the plural retry sub-tables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Shih-Jia ZENG, Jen-Chien FU, Tsu-Han LU, Hsiao-Chang YEN
  • Publication number: 20200035307
    Abstract: A read table management method for a solid state storage device includes the following steps. If the lowest computation value in a hot group is lower than the highest computation value in a cold group when a read table adjusting process is enabled, a first read voltage set corresponding to the lowest computation value in the hot group and a second read voltage set corresponding to the highest computation value in the cold group are swapped with each other. Consequently, the second read voltage set becomes to belong to the hot group, and the first read voltage set becomes to belong to the cold group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Shih-Jia ZENG, Chun-Wei KUO, Kuan-Chun CHEN, Jen-Chien FU
  • Publication number: 20190348143
    Abstract: A solid state storage device is in communication with a host. The solid state storage device includes a control circuit and a non-volatile memory. The control circuit is in communication with the host. The control circuit includes an error correction circuit and a prediction model storage circuit. A prediction model is stored in the prediction model storage circuit. The non-volatile memory includes a memory cell array. The memory cell array includes plural blocks. Each of the blocks includes a corresponding state parameter. The control circuit determines a selected block from the memory cell array. The control circuit judges whether to perform a specified operation on the selected block according to the state parameter of the selected block and the prediction model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Shih-Jia Zeng, Jen-Chien Fu, Tsu-Han Lu, Kuan-Chun Chen
  • Publication number: 20190279735
    Abstract: A failure mode detection method is provided. A first default read voltage is changed to a first read retry voltage by a first increment, and a second default read voltage is changed to a second read retry voltage by a second increment. A memory cell array of a solid state storage device is successfully read according to the first and second read retry voltages. If an absolute value of the first increment minus an absolute value of the second increment is larger than a predetermined voltage value, the memory cell array is in a data retention failure mode. If the absolute value of the first increment minus the absolute value of the second increment is smaller than the predetermined voltage value, the memory cell array is in a low temperature write high temperature read failure mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Shih-Jia ZENG, Jen-Chien Fu, Tsu-Han Lu, Kuan-Chun Chen
  • Patent number: 10347330
    Abstract: A reading control method for a solid state storage device includes following steps. While the solid state storage device is in an idle mode, a background monitoring operation is performed on the first block and the second block. Consequently, a first optimal read voltage set corresponding to the first block and a second optimal read voltage set corresponding to the second block are acquired. In reading operation, a default read voltage set is provided to the non-volatile memory to read a data of the first block. If a data of the first block is not successfully decoded, a read retry process is performed on the first block and the first optimal read voltage set is provided to the non-volatile memory to read the data of the first block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignees: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shih-Jia Zeng, Jen-Chien Fu
  • Patent number: 10319428
    Abstract: A control method of a solid state storage device includes the following steps. Firstly, a block of a memory cell array is checked. Then, a judging step is performed to judge whether a data storage time period of the block exceeds a threshold period. If the data storage time period of the block exceeds the threshold period, the block is tagged or a data of the block is refreshed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shih-Jia Zeng, Jen-Chien Fu, Tsu-Han Lu, Kuan-Chun Chen
  • Publication number: 20190051346
    Abstract: A control method of a solid state storage device includes the following steps. Firstly, a block of a memory cell array is checked. Then, a judging step is performed to judge whether a data storage time period of the block exceeds a threshold period. If the data storage time period of the block exceeds the threshold period, the block is tagged or a data of the block is refreshed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Shih-Jia Zeng, Jen-Chien Fu, Tsu-Han Lu, Kuan-Chun Chen
  • Patent number: 10115468
    Abstract: A solid state storage device includes a non-volatile memory and a controlling circuit. In a first read retry process, the controlling circuit judges whether an information corresponding to a first block of the non-volatile memory is recorded in the cache table. If the information is not recorded in the cache table, the controlling circuit sequentially provides plural predetermined retry read voltage sets to the non-volatile memory according to a sequence of the plural predetermined retry read voltage sets in the retry table and performs a read retry operation. If a read data of the first block is successfully decoded through the read retry operation according to a first predetermined retry read voltage set of the plural predetermined retry read voltage sets in the retry table, the controlling circuit records the first predetermined retry read voltage set into the cache table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignees: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shih-Jia Zeng, Jen-Chien Fu
  • Publication number: 20180211713
    Abstract: A solid state storage device includes a non-volatile memory and a controlling circuit. In a first read retry process, the controlling circuit judges whether an information corresponding to a first block of the non-volatile memory is recorded in the cache table. If the information is not recorded in the cache table, the controlling circuit sequentially provides plural predetermined retry read voltage sets to the non-volatile memory according to a sequence of the plural predetermined retry read voltage sets in the retry table and performs a read retry operation. If a read data of the first block is successfully decoded through the read retry operation according to a first predetermined retry read voltage set of the plural predetermined retry read voltage sets in the retry table, the controlling circuit records the first predetermined retry read voltage set into the cache table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Shih-Jia Zeng, Jen-Chien Fu
  • Patent number: 10008275
    Abstract: A control method for a solid state storage device is provided. Firstly, an elapsed time period of the solid state storage device is counted when the solid state storage device is in a normal working state. Then, a read refresh operation is performed on a memory array of the solid state storage device at a first time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignees: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Win-San Khwa, Meng-Fan Chang, Jen-Chien Fu, Shuai-Fan Chen
  • Patent number: 9922706
    Abstract: A solid state storage includes a non-volatile memory and a controlling circuit. The non-volatile memory includes a first block. The controlling circuit is connected with the non-volatile memory. The controlling circuit includes a function storage circuit. The function storage circuit stores plural prediction functions. According to plural state parameters corresponding to the first block and a first prediction function of the plural prediction functions, the controlling circuit predicts a read voltage shift of the first block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignees: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shih-Jia Zeng, Jen-Chien Fu
  • Publication number: 20170345489
    Abstract: A solid state storage includes a non-volatile memory and a controlling circuit. The non-volatile memory includes a first block. The controlling circuit is connected with the non-volatile memory. The controlling circuit includes a function storage circuit. The function storage circuit stores plural prediction functions. According to plural state parameters corresponding to the first block and a first prediction function of the plural prediction functions, the controlling circuit predicts a read voltage shift of the first block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Shih-Jia Zeng, Jen-Chien Fu
  • Patent number: 9812210
    Abstract: A power-off period estimating method for a solid state storage device is provided. A memory array of a non-volatile memory of the solid state storage device includes plural blocks. Firstly, a first quality parameter of a first block of the plural blocks is calculated before the solid state storage device is powered off. When the first block is corrected at a first time counting value, a first read voltage set of the first block is acquired and the first time counting value is recorded. Then, the first block is corrected after the solid state storage device is powered on, so that a second read voltage set of the first block is acquired. Then, a power-off period is calculated according to the first quality parameter, the first read voltage set, the second read voltage set and the first time counting value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignees: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shih-Jia Zeng, Jen-Chien Fu
  • Publication number: 20170271020
    Abstract: A power-off period estimating method for a solid state storage device is provided. A memory array of a non-volatile memory of the solid state storage device includes plural blocks. Firstly, a first quality parameter of a first block of the plural blocks is calculated before the solid state storage device is powered off. When the first block is corrected at a first time counting value, a first read voltage set of the first block is acquired and the first time counting value is recorded. Then, the first block is corrected after the solid state storage device is powered on, so that a second read voltage set of the first block is acquired. Then, a power-off period is calculated according to the first quality parameter, the first read voltage set, the second read voltage set and the first time counting value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Shih-Jia Zeng, Jen-Chien Fu