Patents by Inventor Kenji Sakaue

Kenji Sakaue 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: 12164446
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a first chip and a second chip. The second chip is bonded with the first chip. The memory system includes a semiconductor memory device and a memory controller. The semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a peripheral circuit, and an input/output module. The memory controller is configured to receive an instruction from an external host device and control the semiconductor memory device via the input/output module. The first chip includes the memory cell array. The second chip includes the peripheral circuit, the input/output module, and the memory controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Sakaue, Toshiyuki Furusawa, Shinya Takeda
  • Publication number: 20240302994
    Abstract: A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory, a memory controller, and a control circuit including a buffer and configured to store a first address transmitted by the memory controller in the buffer, generate a second address based on the first address stored in the buffer, and transmit the generated second address to the nonvolatile memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Kenji SAKAUE, Yasuhiko KUROSAWA
  • Publication number: 20240193080
    Abstract: A memory system including a plurality of nonvolatile memories and a controller. The controller is connected to the plurality of nonvolatile memories via a plurality of channels. The nonvolatile memory stores a first parameter indicating a delay value. The controller acquires the first parameter from the nonvolatile memory. The controller delays start timing of data transfer to the nonvolatile memory via a channel among the plurality of channels by a delay value according to the first parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki MORIYASU, Masaru OGAWA, Kenji SAKAUE
  • Publication number: 20240143531
    Abstract: A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory and a memory controller including a bus, a cache memory, a direct memory access controller, a first search circuit, a second search circuit, and a transfer control circuit. The direct memory access controller transfers cache target data stored in the nonvolatile memory to the cache memory. The second search circuit searches the cache target data that is being transferred. The transfer control circuit assigns, in response to the second search circuit detecting a search hit, to the transfer control circuit and the second search circuit, a bus right which has been assigned at least to the cache memory for the transfer of the cache target data to the cache memory, and obtains, by using the assigned bus right, a search result from the second search circuit via the bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi INOUE, Sachiyo MIYAMOTO, Minoru UCHIDA, Taro IWASHIRO, Kenji SAKAUE
  • Publication number: 20240061620
    Abstract: A memory system includes a non-volatile memory and a controller that includes a first memory and is configured to write log data to the first memory, including a history of commands for controlling the memory system. An information processing system includes the memory system and an information processing device configured to store an expected value and to transmit a signal that instructs the memory system to stop when a value of the log data transmitted from the memory system does not match the expected value. The expected value and the transmitted value are determined based on the log data of the memory system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Takeshi NAKANO, Akihiko ISHIHARA, Shingo TANIMOTO, Yasuaki NAKAZATO, Shinji MAEDA, Minoru UCHIDA, Kenji SAKAUE, Koichi INOUE, Yosuke KINO, Takumi SASAKI, Mikio TAKASUGI, Kouji SAITOU, Hironori NAGAI, Shinya TAKEDA, Akihito TOUHATA, Masaru OGAWA, Akira AOKI
  • Publication number: 20240028529
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a first chip and a second chip. The second chip is bonded with the first chip. The memory system includes a semiconductor memory device and a memory controller. The semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a peripheral circuit, and an input/output module. The memory controller is configured to receive an instruction from an external host device and control the semiconductor memory device via the input/output module. The first chip includes the memory cell array. The second chip includes the peripheral circuit, the input/output module, and the memory controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji SAKAUE, Toshiyuki FURUSAWA, Shinya TAKEDA
  • Patent number: 11853599
    Abstract: A memory system includes a non-volatile memory and a controller that includes a first memory and is configured to write log data to the first memory, including a history of commands for controlling the memory system. An information processing system includes the memory system and an information processing device configured to store an expected value and to transmit a signal that instructs the memory system to stop when a value of the log data transmitted from the memory system does not match the expected value. The expected value and the transmitted value are determined based on the log data of the memory system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Nakano, Akihiko Ishihara, Shingo Tanimoto, Yasuaki Nakazato, Shinji Maeda, Minoru Uchida, Kenji Sakaue, Koichi Inoue, Yosuke Kino, Takumi Sasaki, Mikio Takasugi, Kouji Saitou, Hironori Nagai, Shinya Takeda, Akihito Touhata, Masaru Ogawa, Akira Aoki
  • Patent number: 11853238
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a first chip and a second chip. The second chip is bonded with the first chip. The memory system includes a semiconductor memory device and a memory controller. The semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a peripheral circuit, and an input/output module. The memory controller is configured to receive an instruction from an external host device and control the semiconductor memory device via the input/output module. The first chip includes the memory cell array. The second chip includes the peripheral circuit, the input/output module, and the memory controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Sakaue, Toshiyuki Furusawa, Shinya Takeda
  • Patent number: 11809739
    Abstract: A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory, and a memory controller configured to control the nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile memory stores a busy table. The memory controller loads the busy table and controls a chip enable signal for the nonvolatile memory based on the busy table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Sachiyo Miyamoto, Terufumi Takasaki, Kenji Sakaue, Taro Iwashiro
  • Patent number: 11798605
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a memory system including a controller, a plurality of memory chips, and a channel. The controller outputs a clock signal, a timing control signal and a data signal. Each of the plurality of memory chips includes at least a clock input terminal, a timing control input terminal, a timing control output terminal, a data input terminal and a data output terminal. The channel includes a loop bus which connects the controller and the plurality of memory chips in a ring shape. The controller is able to control operation timings of the memory chips by transmitting the clock signal and the timing control signal to the plurality of memory chips via the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Sakaue
  • Publication number: 20230004506
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a first chip and a second chip. The second chip is bonded with the first chip. The memory system includes a semiconductor memory device and a memory controller. The semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a peripheral circuit, and an input/output module. The memory controller is configured to receive an instruction from an external host device and control the semiconductor memory device via the input/output module. The first chip includes the memory cell array. The second chip includes the peripheral circuit, the input/output module, and the memory controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji SAKAUE, Toshiyuki FURUSAWA, Shinya TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20220391130
    Abstract: A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory, and a memory controller configured to control the nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile memory stores a busy table. The memory controller loads the busy table and controls a chip enable signal for the nonvolatile memory based on the busy table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Sachiyo MIYAMOTO, Terufumi TAKASAKI, Kenji SAKAUE, Taro IWASHIRO
  • Patent number: 11520719
    Abstract: A memory controller includes a host interface circuit connectable to a host device by a bus conforming to a memory card system specification, a data buffer circuit including a buffer memory, a tag information generation circuit configured to generate tag information associated with a command received by the host interface circuit, and a first register in which the tag information generated by the tag information generation circuit is stored, and a second register into which the tag information stored in the first register is copied after the command is fetched from the host interface circuit for processing. When a read request is made from the host interface circuit to the data buffer circuit, the data buffer circuit returns read data stored in the buffer memory upon confirming that the tag information stored in the first register and the tag information stored in the second register match each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tamio Saimen, Kenji Sakaue
  • Patent number: 11500793
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a first chip and a second chip. The second chip is bonded with the first chip. The memory system includes a semiconductor memory device and a memory controller. The semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a peripheral circuit, and an input/output module. The memory controller is configured to receive an instruction from an external host device and control the semiconductor memory device via the input/output module. The first chip includes the memory cell array. The second chip includes the peripheral circuit, the input/output module, and the memory controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Sakaue, Toshiyuki Furusawa, Shinya Takeda
  • Publication number: 20220293149
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a memory system including a controller, a plurality of memory chips, and a channel. The controller outputs a clock signal, a timing control signal and a data signal. Each of the plurality of memory chips includes at least a clock input terminal, a timing control input terminal, a timing control output terminal, a data input terminal and a data output terminal. The channel includes a loop bus which connects the controller and the plurality of memory chips in a ring shape. The controller is able to control operation timings of the memory chips by transmitting the clock signal and the timing control signal to the plurality of memory chips via the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji SAKAUE
  • Publication number: 20210406204
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a first chip and a second chip. The second chip is bonded with the first chip. The memory system includes a semiconductor memory device and a memory controller. The semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a peripheral circuit, and an input/output module. The memory controller is configured to receive an instruction from an external host device and control the semiconductor memory device via the input/output module. The first chip includes the memory cell array. The second chip includes the peripheral circuit, the input/output module, and the memory controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji SAKAUE, Toshiyuki FURUSAWA, Shinya TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20210365393
    Abstract: A memory controller includes a host interface circuit connectable to a host device by a bus conforming to a memory card system specification, a data buffer circuit including a buffer memory, a tag information generation circuit configured to generate tag information associated with a command received by the host interface circuit, and a first register in which the tag information generated by the tag information generation circuit is stored, and a second register into which the tag information stored in the first register is copied after the command is fetched from the host interface circuit for processing. When a read request is made from the host interface circuit to the data buffer circuit, the data buffer circuit returns read data stored in the buffer memory upon confirming that the tag information stored in the first register and the tag information stored in the second register match each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Tamio SAIMEN, Kenji SAKAUE
  • Publication number: 20210303214
    Abstract: A memory system includes a non-volatile memory and a controller that includes a first memory and is configured to write log data to the first memory, including a history of commands for controlling the memory system. An information processing system includes the memory system and an information processing device configured to store an expected value and to transmit a signal that instructs the memory system to stop when a value of the log data transmitted from the memory system does not match the expected value. The expected value and the transmitted value are determined based on the log data of the memory system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Takeshi NAKANO, Akihiko ISHIHARA, Shingo TANIMOTO, Yasuaki NAKAZATO, Shinji MAEDA, Minoru UCHIDA, Kenji SAKAUE, Koichi INOUE, Yosuke KINO, Takumi SASAKI, Mikio TAKASUGI, Kouji SAITOU, Hironori NAGAI, Shinya TAKEDA, Akihito TOUHATA, Masaru OGAWA, Akira AOKI
  • Patent number: 9443602
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a storage device includes a storage medium, a DLL circuit, a latch circuit, and a delay amount adjustment circuit. The DLL circuit gives a predetermined amount of delay to an inputted clock signal, the latch circuit latches data outputted from the storage medium in accordance with the clock signal delayed in the DLL circuit, the delay amount adjustment circuit adjusts the delay amount that the DLL circuit is to give to the clock signal based on a latch result by the latch circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kenji Sakaue, Edward Bandy Samigat, Atsushi Takayama, Yutaka Tango
  • Patent number: 9312885
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a memory cell array, first error correction part, second error correction part, and third error correction part. The memory cell array includes a first storage area in which 1-bit data is stored in one memory cell, and second storage area in which data of a plurality of bits is stored in one memory cell. When data is written to the first storage area, the first error correction part generates first parity data in the row direction on the basis of the data described above. The second error correction part corrects an error of the data described above on the basis of the first parity data read from the memory cell array. The third error correction part generates second parity data in the column direction on the basis of data of a plurality of pages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kenji Sakaue, Yoshihisa Kondo, Tarou Iwashiro