Patents by Inventor Trevor Sydney SMITH

Trevor Sydney SMITH 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: 11436087
    Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to, among other things, a method of managing a memory device. In some aspects, the method includes receiving data to be stored in a storage memory, wherein the storage memory is coupled to the memory device, wherein the memory device includes a first memory type and a second memory type different from the first memory type; storing a first copy of the received data in the first memory type; storing a second copy of the received data in the second memory type; receiving indication of a power loss to the memory device; in response to receiving indication of the power loss, copying the second copy from the second memory type to the storage memory; detecting for power restoration to the memory device after the power loss; and in response to detecting power restoration to the memory device, restoring data to the first memory type by copying data from the second memory type to the first memory type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Everspin Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Pankaj Bishnoi, Trevor Sydney Smith, James MacDonald
  • Publication number: 20180349225
    Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to, among other things, a method of managing a memory device. In some aspects, the method includes receiving data to be stored in a storage memory, wherein the storage memory is coupled to the memory device, wherein the memory device includes a first memory type and a second memory type different from the first memory type; storing a first copy of the received data in the first memory type; storing a second copy of the received data in the second memory type; receiving indication of a power loss to the memory device; in response to receiving indication of the power loss, copying the second copy from the second memory type to the storage memory; detecting for power restoration to the memory device after the power loss; and in response to detecting power restoration to the memory device, restoring data to the first memory type by copying data from the second memory type to the first memory type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Everspin Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Pankaj BISHNOI, Trevor Sydney SMITH, James MACDONALD