Patents by Inventor Tao-En TANG

Tao-En TANG 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).

  • Data storage device and flash memory control method
    Patent number: 10402317
    Abstract: A mapping information rebuilding technique for a flash memory is introduced. Mapping information of data that has been stored in the flash memory is recorded in a plurality of logically-grouped tables. System information blocks are provided to store the mapping information by using the logically-grouped table as a management unit. A grouping list is stored in at least one pre-defined physical address of each system information block to list logical group numbers of the logically-grouped tables stored in the physical pages of the corresponding system information blocks. In each system information block, more physical pages are used in storing the logically-grouped tables than are used in storing the grouping list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: SILICON MOTION, INC.
    Inventor: Tao-En Tang
  • DATA STORAGE DEVICE AND FLASH MEMORY CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20180196747
    Abstract: A mapping information rebuilding technique for a flash memory is introduced. Mapping information of data that has been stored in the flash memory is recorded in a plurality of logically-grouped tables. System information blocks are provided to store the mapping information by using the logically-grouped table as a management unit. A grouping list is stored in at least one pre-defined physical address of each system information block to list logical group numbers of the logically-grouped tables stored in the physical pages of the corresponding system information blocks. In each system information block, more physical pages are used in storing the logically-grouped tables than are used in storing the grouping list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventor: Tao-En TANG