Patents by Inventor Jhu Yeong Jhin

Jhu Yeong Jhin 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).

  • MEMORY SYSTEM WITH A ZONED NAMESPACE AND AN OPERATING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20220261180
    Abstract: A memory system with at least one namespace includes a memory device and a controller. The memory device includes a plurality of single-level cell (SLC) buffers and a plurality of memory blocks, wherein each memory block includes a plurality of memory cells, each memory cell storing multi-bit data, and is allocated for a respective one of a plurality of zones, wherein each of the at least one namespace is divided by at least some of the plurality of zones. The controller is configured to receive a program request related to at least one application program executed by a host, to determine at least one zone designated by the at least one application program as an open state, and to control the memory device to perform a program operation on at least one memory block allocated for an open state zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Hee Chan SHIN, Young Ho AHN, Yong Seok OH, Jhu Yeong JHIN
  • Memory system with a zoned namespace and an operating method thereof
    Patent number: 11327681
    Abstract: A memory system with at least one namespace includes a memory device and a controller. The memory device includes a plurality of single-level cell (SLC) buffers and a plurality of memory blocks, wherein each memory block includes a plurality of memory cells, each memory cell storing multi-bit data, and is allocated for a respective one of a plurality of zones, wherein each of the at least one namespace is divided by at least some of the plurality of zones. The controller is configured to receive a program request related to at least one application program executed by a host, to determine at least one zone designated by the at least one application program as an open state, and to control the memory device to perform a program operation on at least one memory block allocated for an open state zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Hee Chan Shin, Young Ho Ahn, Yong Seok Oh, Jhu Yeong Jhin
  • MEMORY SYSTEM WITH A ZONED NAMESPACE AND AN OPERATING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20210263674
    Abstract: A memory system with at least one namespace includes a memory device and a controller. The memory device includes a plurality of single-level cell (SLC) buffers and a plurality of memory blocks, wherein each memory block includes a plurality of memory cells, each memory cell storing multi-bit data, and is allocated for a respective one of a plurality of zones, wherein each of the at least one namespace is divided by at least some of the plurality of zones. The controller is configured to receive a program request related to at least one application program executed by a host, to determine at least one zone designated by the at least one application program as an open state, and to control the memory device to perform a program operation on at least one memory block allocated for an open state zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Hee Chan Shin, Young Ho Ahn, Yong Seok Oh, Jhu Yeong Jhin