Patents by Inventor Unseon CHO

Unseon CHO 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: 11620057
    Abstract: A storage device includes: a nonvolatile memory including power loss protector (PLP) memory blocks configured to store at least one of meta data or user data for data backup; a buffer memory configured to store at least one of the meta data or the user data stored in the PLP memory blocks; a charging circuit configured to generate electric power for data backup in response to a sudden power off (SPO) occurrence, and transmit a first charging complete signal or a second charging complete signal to a processor according to a level of the electric power, and; and the processor configured to control at least one of the nonvolatile memory and the buffer memory to execute a first request from a host related to the meta data with priority in response to the first charging complete signal, and execute a second request from the host related to the meta data or the user data in response to the second charging complete signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangwoo Lim, Seongnam Kwon, Haeri Lee, Donghwan Jeong, Unseon Cho, Moonsung Choi
  • Publication number: 20220155973
    Abstract: A storage device includes: a nonvolatile memory including power loss protector (PLP) memory blocks configured to store at least one of meta data or user data for data backup; a buffer memory configured to store at least one of the meta data or the user data stored in the PLP memory blocks; a charging circuit configured to generate electric power for data backup in response to a sudden power off (SPO) occurrence, and transmit a first charging complete signal or a second charging complete signal to a processor according to a level of the electric power, and; and the processor configured to control at least one of the nonvolatile memory and the buffer memory to execute a first request from a host related to the meta data with priority in response to the first charging complete signal, and execute a second request from the host related to the meta data or the user data in response to the second charging complete signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangwoo LIM, Seongnam KWON, Haeri LEE, Donghwan JEONG, Unseon CHO, Moonsung CHOI