Patents by Inventor SEONG-NAM KWON

SEONG-NAM KWON 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: 9798498
    Abstract: A method of operating a memory controller includes allocating a new entry whenever a write command is input from a host; and transferring data corresponding to an entry in a specific state among a plurality of states to the host in response to a read command output from the host, wherein the plurality of states are a FREE state, a WRITE state, a WRITE OLD state, a READ state, a PEND state, a PEND OLD state, a CACHE state, and a DEL state, and the specific state is at least one of the PEND state, the PEND OLD state, or the CACHE state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Jin Cho, Seong Nam Kwon, Hyun Seok Kim, Jae Geun Park, Seong Jun Ahn, Mi Hyang Lee
  • Publication number: 20150363338
    Abstract: A method of operating a memory controller includes allocating a new entry whenever a write command is input from a host; and transferring data corresponding to an entry in a specific state among a plurality of states to the host in response to a read command output from the host, wherein the plurality of states are a FREE state, a WRITE state, a WRITE OLD state, a READ state, a PEND state, a PEND OLD state, a CACHE state, and a DEL state, and the specific state is at least one of the PEND state, the PEND OLD state, or the CACHE state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Young Jin CHO, Seong Nam KWON, Hyun Seok KIM, Jae Geun PARK, Seong Jun AHN, Mi Hyang LEE
  • Publication number: 20150046669
    Abstract: A storage system includes a nonvolatile memory (NVM) and controller. The NVM includes a page buffer storing valid data and invalid data. The controller includes a processor providing copy control information, a hardware IP executing a copy operation that copies only the valid data, and a DMA that receives copy control information and controls operation of the hardware IP during execution of the copy operation response to the copy control information and referencing the valid data information stored by the DMA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventor: SEONG-NAM KWON
  • Publication number: 20130185482
    Abstract: A memory system includes a host including a configuration controller to receive an input command and to output a configuration command corresponding to the input command, and a storage to be driven by firmware including a plurality of features, the storage including an adaptation controller to receive the configuration command from the configuration controller and to determine whether to enable each of the features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae-Ho KIM, Seong-Nam KWON, Myung-Hyun JO
  • Publication number: 20120331209
    Abstract: A semiconductor storage system includes a plurality of buffer areas for receiving data from an external source via a first interface unit. A storage unit stores the data by writing the data received from the plurality of buffer areas via a second interface unit. A processor controls the plurality of buffer areas and the storage and includes a first processor controlling the first interface unit, and a second processor controlling the second interface unit. The first processor includes a delay unit delaying a time at which the plurality of buffer areas receives the data from the external source via the first interface unit. The time functions as a delay time corresponding to a difference between a data reception speed of the plurality of buffer areas via the first interface unit and a data reception speed of the storage via the second interface unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventor: SEONG-NAM KWON