Patents by Inventor Job Lam

Job Lam 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).

  • Long latency protocol for hard disk controller interface
    Patent number: 8489965
    Abstract: Some of the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method comprising receiving a stream of codewords from a hard disk controller (HDC), receiving a write gate signal, the write gate signal configured to request a read/write (R/W) channel to write at least a first part of the stream of codewords to a media, and receiving a symbol count signal indicating a number of symbols in the first part of the received stream of codewords. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongying Sheng, Job Lam, Kai-Chuan Chang, Jianke Li
  • Long latency protocol for hard disk controller interface
    Patent number: 8214719
    Abstract: Some of the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method comprising receiving a stream of codewords from a hard disk controller (HDC), receiving a write gate signal, the write gate signal configured to request a read/write (R/W) channel to write at least a first part of the stream of codewords to a media, and receiving a symbol count signal indicating a number of symbols in the first part of the received stream of codewords. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongying Sheng, Job Lam, Kai-Chuan Chang, Jianke Li