Patents by Inventor Tuan-Chieh WANG

Tuan-Chieh WANG 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: 9990027
    Abstract: The present invention provides a status switching method applied to a slave device. The status switching method includes: receiving a command wrapper from a host device; receiving a status query command corresponding to the command wrapper from the host device; transmitting a status wrapper to the host device in response to the status query command; and refusing to enter a low-power status corresponding to a switch status request when the switch status request is received during a specific period, wherein the specific period starts when the command wrapper is received and ends when the status wrapper is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: SILICON MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: Yao-Chung Hsu, Tuan-Chieh Wang, Chi-Chih Kuan, Chun-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 9678831
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an error correction method applied to a memory device, wherein the memory device has a plurality of pages. The error correction method includes: sequentially retrieving data of a plurality of first sectors of a first page of the pages in response to a first read command; performing a first error correction by an error correction module during retrieval the data of the first page; producing a second read command when the data of the first sectors of the first page are all retrieved; and starting to sequentially retrieve data of a plurality of second sectors of a second page of the pages in response to the second read command after the data of the first sectors of the first page are all retrieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: SILICON MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: Tuan-Chieh Wang, Chi-Chih Kuan, Chun-Yu Chen, Mong-Ling Chiao
  • Publication number: 20160328012
    Abstract: The present invention provides a status switching method applied to a slave device. The status switching method includes: receiving a command wrapper from a host device; receiving a status query command corresponding to the command wrapper from the host device; transmitting a status wrapper to the host device in response to the status query command; and refusing to enter a low-power status corresponding to a switch status request when the switch status request is received during a specific period, wherein the specific period starts when the command wrapper is received and ends when the status wrapper is transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Yao-Chung HSU, Tuan-Chieh WANG, Chi-Chih KUAN, Chun-Yu CHEN
  • Patent number: 9430030
    Abstract: The present invention provides a status switching method applied to a slave device. The status switching method includes: receiving a command wrapper from a host device; receiving a status query command corresponding to the command wrapper from the host device; transmitting a status wrapper to the host device in response to the status query command; and refusing to enter a low-power status corresponding to a switch status request when the switch status request is received during a specific period, wherein the specific period starts when the command wrapper is received and ends when the status wrapper is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: SILICON MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: Yao-Chung Hsu, Tuan-Chieh Wang, Chi-Chih Kuan, Chun-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20140297912
    Abstract: The present invention provides a status switching method applied to a slave device. The status switching method includes: receiving a command wrapper from a host device; receiving a status query command corresponding to the command wrapper from the host device; transmitting a status wrapper to the host device in response to the status query command; and refusing to enter a low-power status corresponding to a switch status request when the switch status request is received during a specific period, wherein the specific period starts when the command wrapper is received and ends when the status wrapper is transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: SILICON MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: Yao-Chung HSU, Tuan-Chieh WANG, Chi-Chih KUAN, Chun-Yu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20140281826
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an error correction method applied to a memory device, wherein the memory device has a plurality of pages. The error correction method includes: sequentially retrieving data of a plurality of first sectors of a first page of the pages in response to a first read command; performing a first error correction by an error correction module during retrieval the data of the first page; producing a second read command when the data of the first sectors of the first page are all retrieved; and starting to sequentially retrieve data of a plurality of second sectors of a second page of the pages in response to the second read command after the data of the first sectors of the first page are all retrieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Silicon Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Tuan-Chieh WANG, Chi-Chih KUAN, Chun-Yu CHEN, Mong-Ling CHIAO