Patents by Inventor Min Zhi Ji

Min Zhi Ji 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: 12086474
    Abstract: A control method for flash memory and a flash memory are provided. The control method for a flash memory, the flash memory including an external data bus to which flash memory dies are coupled. The control method includes: in a setup stage, under an operation mode of command input, issuing by a host controller a setup command, wherein the setup command includes mapping information that each port of the external data bus is mapped respectively to a status index of each flash memory die; and in a request stage, under the operation mode of command input, issuing by the host controller a request command to each flash memory die, and under the operation mode of data output, in response to the request command, transmitting status of the status index of each flash memory die to the host controller through each port of the external data bus respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: MACRONIX International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih Chou Juan, Min Zhi Ji
  • Patent number: 11586393
    Abstract: A control method for a flash memory, a flash memory die and the flash memory are provided. The control method includes: in a setup stage, under an operation mode of a command input, issuing by a host a setup command to map each port of an external data bus of each flash memory die respectively to a status index of each flash memory die; and in a request stage, under the operation mode of the command input, issuing by the host a request command to each flash memory die, and under the operation mode of a data output, a status of the status index of each flash memory die is transmitted to the host through the ports of the external data bus respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shih Chou Juan, Min Zhi Ji
  • Publication number: 20220206719
    Abstract: A control method for flash memory, a flash memory die and a flash memory are provided. The control method comprises: in a setup stage, under an operation mode of command input, issuing by a host a setup command to map each port of an external data bus of each flash memory die respectively to a status index of each flash memory die; and in a request stage, under the operation mode of command input, issuing by the host a request command to each flash memory dies, and under the operation mode of data output, status of the status index of each flash memory die is transmitted to the host through the ports of the data bus respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: MACRONIX International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih Chou Juan, Min Zhi Ji