Patents by Inventor Tom Geukens

Tom Geukens 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).

  • Publication number: 20240062840
    Abstract: A processing device in a memory sub-system performs a first pass of a multi-pass programming operation to coarsely program a first wordline, performs a second pass to coarsely program a second wordline adjacent to the first wordline, performs a third pass of a multi-pass programming operation to finely program the first wordline, performs a fourth pass of a multi-pass programming operation to coarsely program a third wordline adjacent to the second wordline, performs a fifth pass of a multi-pass programming operation to finely program the second wordline, and responsive to determining that at least the second wordline has been finely programmed, performs a read verify operation on one or more cells associated with the first wordline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Winterfeld, Byron D. Harris, Tom Geukens, Juane Li, Fangfang Zhu
  • Patent number: 10761978
    Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems include receiving an instruction to atomically write data to a memory component. A plurality of write commands for the first data are generated, including an end of atom indicator. The first plurality of write commands are sent to the memory component while accumulating a plurality of translation table updates corresponding to the write commands One or more translation tables are updated with the plurality of translation table updates in response to determining that the final write command has been successfully sent to the memory component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Nathan Jared Hughes, Karl D. Schuh, Tom Geukens
  • Publication number: 20200133833
    Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems include receiving an instruction to atomically write data to a memory component. A plurality of write commands for the first data are generated, including an end of atom indicator. The first plurality of write commands are sent to the memory component while accumulating a plurality of translation table updates corresponding to the write commands One or more translation tables are updated with the plurality of translation table updates in response to determining that the final write command has been successfully sent to the memory component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Nathan Jared Hughes, Karl D. Schuh, Tom Geukens
  • Patent number: 8854936
    Abstract: Embodiments of optical disc drives are described that perform automatic forward sense calibration of write laser power using a sample and hold sampling strategy that is automatically determined based on an automatically selected write strategy. Embodiments of the described optical disc drive may be dynamically configured to support any optical disc media, any write mode, and any write strategy. The write strategies supported may include dynamically changing write speeds and/or write power levels across the respective optical media tracks. As the optical drive is automatically configured for a selected write media/write mode/write strategy, the sample and hold sampling delays used to control the sampling of a forward sense feedback signal are also automatically configured, thereby allowing each forward sense sampling point to be aligned with an area of the forward sense feedback signal that corresponds to a power level of interest and that avoids distortion in the feedback signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Gary Christopher Maul, Tom Geukens
  • Patent number: 8599663
    Abstract: An approach is described that allows an optical disc drive to accurately verify the power level of irradiation beam power levels associated a write strategy used in high speed, high density optical disc media formats using a front monitor diode with a relatively slow rise time and/or relative slow fall time compared to the clock cycle speed of the write strategy signal. A portion of encoded data to be written to an optical disc media may be overwritten to include a predetermined data pattern. During write strategy processing of the data, the predetermined data pattern is replaced with a constant write strategy power level. The constant write strategy output placed within the write strategy signal may control the optical disc drive laser to emit a constant irradiation beam for a duration sufficiently long to allow the front monitor diode to obtain an accurate measure of the irradiation beam power level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventor: Tom Geukens
  • Patent number: 8553513
    Abstract: Embodiments of optical disc drives are described that perform automatic forward sense calibration of write laser power using a sample and hold sampling strategy that is automatically determined based on an automatically selected write strategy. Embodiments of the described optical disc drive may be dynamically configured to support any optical disc media, any write mode, and any write strategy. The write strategies supported may include dynamically changing write speeds and/or write power levels across the respective optical media tracks. As the optical drive is automatically configured for a selected write media/write mode/write strategy, the sample and hold sampling delays used to control the sampling of a forward sense feedback signal are also automatically configured, thereby allowing each forward sense sampling point to be aligned with an area of the forward sense feedback signal that corresponds to a power level of interest and that avoids distortion in the feedback signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Gary Christopher Maul, Tom Geukens
  • Patent number: 8233365
    Abstract: Circuits, architectures, systems, methods, software, and algorithms for detecting a modulation transition (e.g., a change from a written portion containing RF-modulated data to an unwritten portion containing only a wobble signal modulation) on an optical storage medium. The method generally includes steps of focusing a first spot of light onto an optical storage medium, wherein the first spot is substantially centered on a first track of the optical storage medium, focusing a satellite spot of light onto an optical storage medium, wherein the satellite spot at least partially overlaps a track adjacent to the first track, generating a satellite signal from light reflected from the optical storage medium from the satellite spot, and detecting the modulation transition by detecting a change in a level of the satellite signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventor: Tom Geukens
  • Patent number: 8130609
    Abstract: A system and method of laser bias control in optical recording media applications are disclosed. In some implementations, bias control for output power may be based upon a detected ratio of erase power to write (or peak) power, i.e., the Pe/Pw (or Epsilon, ?) ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventor: Tom Geukens