Patents by Inventor Kee Bum SHIN

Kee Bum SHIN 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: 11675537
    Abstract: A controller for controlling a memory device is provided to include: a request receiver configured to receive a request including a logical address from a host; a dependency checker configured to acquire the request from the request receiver and check a dependency of the request; a map manager configured to generate a command including a physical address mapped to the logical address of the request in response to a result of checking that the request has no dependency on the prior incomplete request; and a command submitter configured to provide the memory device with the command generated by the map manager, wherein the request receiver, the dependency checker, the map manager and the command submitter are structured to configure a data pipeline such that operations of the request receiver, the dependency checker, the map manager, and the command submitter deliver are performed in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Ju Hyun Kim, Do Hun Kim, Jin Yeong Kim, Kee Bum Shin, Jae Wan Yeon, Kwang Sun Lee
  • Publication number: 20220156002
    Abstract: A controller for controlling a memory device is provided to include: a request receiver configured to receive a request including a logical address from a host; a dependency checker configured to acquire the request from the request receiver and check a dependency of the request; a map manager configured to generate a command including a physical address mapped to the logical address of the request in response to a result of checking that the request has no dependency on the prior incomplete request; and a command submitter configured to provide the memory device with the command generated by the map manager, wherein the request receiver, the dependency checker, the map manager and the command submitter are structured to configure a data pipeline such that operations of the request receiver, the dependency checker, the map manager, and the command submitter deliver are performed in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Ju Hyun KIM, Do Hun KIM, Jin Yeong KIM, Kee Bum SHIN, Jae Wan YEON, Kwang Sun LEE