Patents by Inventor Neal A. Galbo
Neal A. Galbo 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).
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Patent number: 9235343Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices, and systems for state change in systems having devices coupled in a chained configuration. A number of embodiments include a host and a number of devices coupled to the host in a chained configuration. The chained configuration includes at least one device that is not directly coupled to the host. The at least one device that is not directly coupled to the host is configured to change from a first communication state to a second communication state responsive to receipt of a command from the host.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: William H. Radke, Victor Y. Tsai, James Cooke, Neal A. Galbo, Peter Feeley
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Publication number: 20160004436Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices, and systems for controlling a memory device. One method for controlling a memory device embodiment includes storing device class dependent information and a command in one or more of host system memory and host controller memory, setting a pointer to the command in a register in a host controller, directing access to the one or more of host system memory and host controller memory with the memory device via the host controller; and executing the command with the memory device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2015Publication date: January 7, 2016Inventors: Peter Feeley, Robert N. Leibowitz, William H. Radke, Neal A. Galbo, Victor Y. Tsai
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Publication number: 20150301746Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices, and systems for state change in systems having devices coupled in a chained configuration. A number of embodiments include a host and a number of devices coupled to the host in a chained configuration. The chained configuration includes at least one device that is not directly coupled to the host. The at least one device that is not directly coupled to the host is configured to change from a first communication state to a second communication state responsive to receipt of a command from the host.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: William H. Radke, Victor Y. Tsai, James Cooke, Neal A. Galbo, Peter Feeley
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Publication number: 20150234601Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for command queuing. A number of embodiments include receiving a queued command request at a memory system from a host, sending a command response from the memory system to the host that indicates the memory system is ready to receive a command in a command queue of the memory system, and receiving, in response to sending the command response, a command descriptor block for the command at the memory system from the host.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2014Publication date: August 20, 2015Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Victor Y. Tsai, Danilo Caraccio, Daniele Balluchi, Neal A. Galbo, Robert Warren
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Patent number: 9110832Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices, and systems for object oriented memory in solid state devices. One embodiment of a method for object oriented memory in solid state devices includes accessing a defined set of data as a single object in an atomic operation manner, where the accessing is from a source other than a host. The embodiment also includes storing the defined set of data as the single object in a number of solid state memory blocks as formatted by a control component of a solid state device that includes the number of solid state memory blocks.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2014Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Peter Feeley, Neal A. Galbo, James Cooke, Victor Y. Tsai, Robert N. Leibowitz, William H. Radke
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Patent number: 9075765Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices, and systems for state change in systems having devices coupled in a chained configuration. A number of embodiments include a host and a number of devices coupled to the host in a chained configuration. The chained configuration includes at least one device that is not directly coupled to the host. The at least one device that is not directly coupled to the host is configured to change from a first communication state to a second communication state responsive to receipt of a command from the host.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2013Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: William H. Radke, Victor Y. Tsai, James Cooke, Neal A. Galbo, Peter Feeley
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Publication number: 20150153956Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods for controlling host memory access with a memory device, systems, host controllers and memory devices. One embodiment for controlling host memory access with a memory device includes receiving at least one command from a host and controlling execution of the at least one command with the memory device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2014Publication date: June 4, 2015Inventors: Neal A. Galbo, Peter Feeley, William H. Radke, Victor Y. Tsai, Robert N. Leibowitz
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Patent number: 9043506Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices, and systems for controlling a memory device. One method for controlling a memory device embodiment includes storing device class dependent information and a command in one or more of host system memory and host controller memory, setting a pointer to the command in a register in a host controller, directing access to the one or more of host system memory and host controller memory with the memory device via the host controller; and executing the command with the memory device.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Peter Feeley, Robert N. Leibowitz, William H. Radke, Neal A. Galbo, Victor Y. Tsai
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Patent number: 9037842Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices, and systems for booting in systems having devices coupled in a chained configuration. One or more embodiments include a host and a number of devices coupled to the host in a chained configuration, wherein at least one of the number of devices is a bootable device and the at least one bootable device is not directly coupled to the host.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2013Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: William H Radke, Victor Y Tsai, Peter Feeley, Neal A Galbo, Robert N Leibowitz
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Patent number: 8918600Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods for controlling host memory access with a memory device, systems, host controllers and memory devices. One embodiment for controlling host memory access with a memory device includes receiving at least one command from a host and controlling execution of the at least one command with the memory device.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2012Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Neal A. Galbo, Peter Feeley, William H. Radke, Victor Y. Tsai, Robert N. Leibowitz
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Publication number: 20140289505Abstract: The present disclosure includes boot partitions in memory devices and systems, and methods associated therewith. One or more embodiments include an array of memory cells, wherein the array includes a boot partition and a number of additional partitions. Sequential logical unit identifiers are associated with the additional partitions, and a logical unit identifier that is not in sequence with the sequential logical unit identifiers is associated with the boot partition.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Neal A. Galbo, Victor Y. Tsai, William H. Radke, Krishnam R. Datla
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Publication number: 20140281811Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices, and systems for object oriented memory in solid state devices. One embodiment of a method for object oriented memory in solid state devices includes accessing a defined set of data as a single object in an atomic operation manner, where the accessing is from a source other than a host. The embodiment also includes storing the defined set of data as the single object in a number of solid state memory blocks as formatted by a control component of a solid state device that includes the number of solid state memory blocks.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Peter Feeley, Neal A. Galbo, James Cooke, Victor Y. Tsai, Robert N. Leibowitz, William H. Radke
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Publication number: 20140185620Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices, and systems for packet processing. One method embodiment for packet flow control includes deconstructing a transport layer packet into a number of link-control layer packets, wherein each of the link-control layer packets has an associated sequence number, communicating the number of link-control layer packets via a common physical connection for a plurality of peripheral devices, and limiting a number of outstanding link-control layer packets during the communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: William H. Radke, Victor Y. Tsai, Peter Feeley, Neal A. Galbo, Robert N. Leibowitz
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Patent number: 8762703Abstract: The present disclosure includes boot partitions in memory devices and systems, and methods associated therewith. One or more embodiments include an array of memory cells, wherein the array includes a boot partition and a number of additional partitions. Sequential logical unit identifiers are associated with the additional partitions, and a logical unit identifier that is not in sequence with the sequential logical unit identifiers is associated with the boot partition.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2013Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Neal A. Galbo, Victor Y. Tsai, William H. Radke, Krishnam R. Dalta
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Patent number: 8751860Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices, and systems for object oriented memory in solid state devices. One embodiment of a method for object oriented memory in solid state devices includes accessing a defined set of data as a single object in an atomic operation manner, where the accessing is from a source other than a host. The embodiment also includes storing the defined set of data as the single object in a number of solid state memory blocks as formatted by a control component of a solid state device that includes the number of solid state memory blocks.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2009Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Peter Feeley, Neal A. Galbo, James Cooke, Victor Y. Tsai, Robert N. Leibowitz, William H. Radke
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Publication number: 20140108678Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices, and systems for controlling a memory device. One method for controlling a memory device embodiment includes storing device class dependent information and a command in one or more of host system memory and host controller memory, setting a pointer to the command in a register in a host controller, directing access to the one or more of host system memory and host controller memory with the memory device via the host controller; and executing the command with the memory device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Peter Feeley, Robert N. Leibowitz, William H. Radke, Neal A. Galbo, Victor. Y. Tsai
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Publication number: 20140059251Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices, and systems for state change in systems having devices coupled in a chained configuration. A number of embodiments include a host and a number of devices coupled to the host in a chained configuration. The chained configuration includes at least one device that is not directly coupled to the host. The at least one device that is not directly coupled to the host is configured to change from a first communication state to a second communication state responsive to receipt of a command from the host.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: William H. Radke, Victor Y. Tsai, James Cooke, Neal A. Galbo, Peter Feeley
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Publication number: 20140025943Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices, and systems for booting in systems having devices coupled in a chained configuration. One or more embodiments include a host and a number of devices coupled to the host in a chained configuration, wherein at least one of the number of devices is a bootable device and the at least one bootable device is not directly coupled to the host.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: William H. Radke, Victor Y. Tsai, Peter Feeley, Neal A. Galbo, Robert N. Leibowitz
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Patent number: 8630182Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices, and systems for packet processing. One method embodiment for packet flow control includes deconstructing a transport layer packet into a number of link-control layer packets, wherein each of the link-control layer packets has an associated sequence number, communicating the number of link-control layer packets via a common physical connection for a plurality of peripheral devices, and limiting a number of outstanding link-control layer packets during the communication.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2012Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: William H. Radke, Victor Y. Tsai, Peter Feeley, Neal A. Galbo, Robert N. Leibowitz
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Patent number: 8599637Abstract: Memory devices, connectors and methods for terminating an operation are provided, including a memory device configured to terminate an internal operation such as a programming or erase operation responsive to receiving a signal during removal of the memory device from a connector, such as a socket. The memory device may be configured to generate the removal signal, such as by including a dedicated removal terminal. The memory card may respond to the signal by terminating a programming or erase operation before power is lost. The removal terminal may have a dimension that is different from a dimension of a power terminal. Alternatively, the connector may be configured to generate a signal that causes a host to terminate programming or erase operations prior to memory card removal, such as by including a switch that is actuated when the memory device moves to a pre-power loss position.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2012Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: James Cooke, Peter Feeley, Victor Tsai, William H. Radke, Neal Galbo, Chad Cobbley