Patents by Inventor Li-Hsun Liu

Li-Hsun Liu 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: 10579518
    Abstract: A memory management method is provided. The method includes selecting a target physical programming unit; using a first read voltage corresponding to a first type physical page of the target physical programming unit to read a plurality of target memory cells of the target physical programming unit, so as to calculate a first bit value ratio; if the first bit value ratio is not smaller than a first preset threshold, using a second read voltage corresponding to the first type physical page of the target physical programming unit to read the plurality of target memory cells of the target physical programming unit, so as to calculate a second bit value ratio; and determining whether the first type physical page of the target physical programming unit is empty by comparing the first bit value ratio and the second bit value ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Shenzhen EpoStar Electronics Limited CO.
    Inventors: Yu-Hua Hsiao, Li-Hsun Liu
  • Publication number: 20190391914
    Abstract: A memory management method is provided. The method includes selecting a target physical programming unit; using a first read voltage corresponding to a first type physical page of the target physical programming unit to read a plurality of target memory cells of the target physical programming unit, so as to calculate a first bit value ratio; if the first bit value ratio is not smaller than a first preset threshold, using a second read voltage corresponding to the first type physical page of the target physical programming unit to read the plurality of target memory cells of the target physical programming unit, so as to calculate a second bit value ratio; and determining whether the first type physical page of the target physical programming unit is empty by comparing the first bit value ratio and the second bit value ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: Shenzhen EpoStar Electronics Limited CO.
    Inventors: Yu-Hua Hsiao, Li-Hsun Liu
  • Patent number: 10509583
    Abstract: A memory management method is provided. The method includes performing a read retry operation to a target block stripe, and identifying a read retry recording table of the target block stripe; selecting a target read retry index value from one or more first read retry index values according to the one or more first read retry index values in the read retry recording table; using a target read retry option corresponding to the read retry index value to perform a read operation to the target block stripe; in response to determining that the read operation is successful, determining that the read retry operation is completed, and updating the read retry recording table according to the target read retry index value; and determining whether to perform a wear leveling operation to the target block stripe according to the latest read retry recording table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Shenzhen EpoStar Electronics Limited CO.
    Inventors: Yu-Hua Hsiao, Chin-Yen Ko, Li-Hsun Liu
  • Patent number: 10482978
    Abstract: A decoding method is provided. The method includes selecting a target word line among a plurality of word lines; respectively reading a plurality of target memory cells of the target word-line by using different X read voltage sets to obtain corresponding X Gray code summation sets; calculating a Gray code count summation difference of the Gray code count summations at the same sequence position respectively in N?1 Gray code count summations between every pair of adjacent Gray code summation sets of the X Gray code summation sets, so as to obtain X?1 Gray code count summation difference sets corresponding to all pairs of the Gray code summation sets; and deciding N?1 optimized read voltages from X*(N?1) read voltages belonging to the X read voltage sets according to the X?1 Gray code count summation difference sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Shenzhen EpoStar Electronics Limited CO.
    Inventors: Yu-Hua Hsiao, Li-Hsun Liu
  • Publication number: 20190279723
    Abstract: A decoding method is provided. The method includes selecting a target word line among a plurality of word lines; respectively reading a plurality of target memory cells of the target word-line by using different X read voltage sets to obtain corresponding X Gray code summation sets; calculating a Gray code count summation difference of the Gray code count summations at the same sequence position respectively in N?1 Gray code count summations between every pair of adjacent Gray code summation sets of the X Gray code summation sets, so as to obtain X?1 Gray code count summation difference sets corresponding to all pairs of the Gray code summation sets; and deciding N?1 optimized read voltages from X*(N?1) read voltages belonging to the X read voltage sets according to the X?1 Gray code count summation difference sets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Shenzhen EpoStar Electronics Limited CO.
    Inventors: Yu-Hua Hsiao, Li-Hsun Liu