Patents by Inventor William E. Benson
William E. Benson 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).
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Publication number: 20240134563Abstract: A request is received to perform a multi-plane operation for first data of a first plane and second data of a second plane of a memory device. Responsive to the request, first trim values are retrieved from first trim registers and second trim values are retrieved from second trim registers, the first trim values loaded to the first registers based on a first voltage distribution observed at the first plane during a first time period and the second trim values loaded to the second registers based on a second voltage distribution observed at the second plane during a second time period. The multi-plane operation is performed using at least the first trim values for the first data at the first plane and at least the second trim values for the second data at the second plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2024Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventor: William E. Benson
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Patent number: 11922049Abstract: A request is received to perform a multi-plane operation for data residing on a first plane and a second plane of a memory device. A first set of trim values is obtained from a first set of registers of the memory device. The first set of trim values corresponds to a first voltage shift for the data at the first plane. A second set of trim values is obtained from a second set of registers of the memory device. The second set of trim values corresponds to a second voltage shift for the data at the second set of trim values for the data at the second plane. The multi-plane operation is performed using at least the first set of trim values for the data at the first plane and at least the second set of trim values for the data at the second plane.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventor: William E Benson
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Publication number: 20230057614Abstract: A request is received to perform a multi-plane operation for data residing on a first plane and a second plane of a memory device. A first set of trim values is obtained from a first set of registers of the memory device. The first set of trim values corresponds to a first voltage shift for the data at the first plane. A second set of trim values is obtained from a second set of registers of the memory device. The second set of trim values corresponds to a second voltage shift for the data at the second set of trim values for the data at the second plane. The multi-plane operation is performed using at least the first set of trim values for the data at the first plane and at least the second set of trim values for the data at the second plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2021Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventor: William E. BENSON
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Publication number: 20170199702Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods and devices for solid state drive formatting. One device embodiment includes control circuitry coupled to a number of memory arrays, wherein each memory array has multiple physical blocks of memory cells. The memory arrays are formatted by the control circuitry that is configured to write system data to the number of memory arrays, where the system data ends at a physical block boundary; and write user data to the number of memory arrays, where the user data starts at a physical block boundary.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2017Publication date: July 13, 2017Inventors: Mehdi Asnaashari, William E. Benson
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Patent number: 9626287Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods and devices for solid state drive formatting. One device embodiment includes control circuitry coupled to a number of memory arrays, wherein each memory array has multiple physical blocks of memory cells. The memory arrays are formatted by the control circuitry that is configured to write system data to the number of memory arrays, where the system data ends at a physical block boundary; and write user data to the number of memory arrays, where the user data starts at a physical block boundary.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2013Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Mehdi Asnaashari, William E. Benson
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Patent number: 9195604Abstract: Methods for dynamic memory cache size adjustment, enabling dynamic memory cache size adjustment, memory devices, and memory systems are disclosed. One such method for dynamic memory cache size adjustment determines available memory space in a memory array and adjusts a size of a memory cache in the memory array responsive to the available memory space.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2014Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Siamack Nemazie, Farshid Tabrizi, Berhanu Iman, Ruchir Shah, William E. Benson, Michael George
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Publication number: 20150026416Abstract: Methods for dynamic memory cache size adjustment, enabling dynamic memory cache size adjustment, memory devices, and memory systems are disclosed. One such method for dynamic memory cache size adjustment determines available memory space in a memory array and adjusts a size of a memory cache in the memory array responsive to the available memory space.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Siamack Nemazie, Farshid Tabrizi, Berhanu Iman, Ruchir Shah, William E. Benson, Michael George
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Patent number: 8930671Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices, and systems for a logical address offset. One method embodiment includes detecting a memory unit formatting operation. Subsequently, in response to detecting the formatting operation, the method includes inspecting format information on the memory unit, calculating a logical address offset, and applying the offset to a host logical address.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2014Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Mehdi Asnaashari, William E. Benson
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Patent number: 8886911Abstract: Methods for dynamic memory cache size adjustment, enabling dynamic memory cache size adjustment, memory devices, and memory systems are disclosed. One such method for dynamic memory cache size adjustment determines available memory space in a memory array and adjusts a size of a memory cache in the memory array responsive to the available memory space.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Siamack Nemazie, Farshid Tabrizi, Berhanu Iman, Ruchir Shah, William E. Benson, Michael George
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Publication number: 20140229660Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices, and systems for a logical address offset. One method embodiment includes detecting a memory unit formatting operation. Subsequently, in response to detecting the formatting operation, the method includes inspecting format information on the memory unit, calculating a logical address offset, and applying the offset to a host logical address.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Mehdi Asnaashari, William E. Benson
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Patent number: 8683173Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices, and systems for a logical address offset. One method embodiment includes detecting a memory unit formatting operation. Subsequently, in response to detecting the formatting operation, the method includes inspecting format information on the memory unit, calculating a logical address offset, and applying the offset to a host logical address.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2012Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Mehdi Asnaashari, William E. Benson
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Publication number: 20130254465Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods and devices for solid state drive formatting. One device embodiment includes control circuitry coupled to a number of memory arrays, wherein each memory array has multiple physical blocks of memory cells. The memory arrays are formatted by the control circuitry that is configured to write system data to the number of memory arrays, where the system data ends at a physical block boundary; and write user data to the number of memory arrays, where the user data starts at a physical block boundary.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Mehdi Asnaashari, William E. Benson
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Patent number: 8392687Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods and devices for solid state drive formatting. One device embodiment includes control circuitry coupled to a number of memory arrays, wherein each memory array has multiple physical blocks of memory cells. The memory arrays are formatted by the control circuitry that is configured to write system data to the number of memory arrays, where the system data ends at a physical block boundary; and write user data to the number of memory arrays, where the user data starts at a physical block boundary.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2009Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Mehdi Asnaashari, William E. Benson
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Publication number: 20120311293Abstract: Methods for dynamic memory cache size adjustment, enabling dynamic memory cache size adjustment, memory devices, and memory systems are disclosed. One such method for dynamic memory cache size adjustment determines available memory space in a memory array and adjusts a size of a memory cache in the memory array responsive to the available memory space.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Inventors: Siamack Nemazie, Farshid Tabrizi, Berhanu Iman, Ruchir Shah, William E. Benson, Michael George
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Publication number: 20120215972Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices, and systems for a logical address offset. One method embodiment includes detecting a memory unit formatting operation. Subsequently, in response to detecting the formatting operation, the method includes inspecting format information on the memory unit, calculating a logical address offset, and applying the offset to a host logical address.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Mehdi Asnaashari, William E. Benson
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Patent number: 8180995Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices, and systems for a logical address offset. One method embodiment includes detecting a memory unit formatting operation. Subsequently, in response to detecting the formatting operation, the method includes inspecting format information on the memory unit, calculating a logical address offset, and applying the offset to a host logical address.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2009Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Mehdi Asnaashari, William E. Benson
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Publication number: 20100185830Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices, and systems for a logical address offset. One method embodiment includes detecting a memory unit formatting operation. Subsequently, in response to detecting the formatting operation, the method includes inspecting format information on the memory unit, calculating a logical address offset, and applying the offset to a host logical address.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2009Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Mehdi Asnaashari, William E. Benson
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Publication number: 20100185802Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods and devices for solid state drive formatting. One device embodiment includes control circuitry coupled to a number of memory arrays, wherein each memory array has multiple physical blocks of memory cells. The memory arrays are formatted by the control circuitry that is configured to write system data to the number of memory arrays, where the system data ends at a physical block boundary; and write user data to the number of memory arrays, where the user data starts at a physical block boundary.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2009Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Mehdi Asnaashari, William E. Benson
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Publication number: 20020073270Abstract: The present invention describes a system for managing data on a magneto-optical data storage disks, which improves the storage capacity of the disk. The system is able to locate data sectors without requiring the sectors to be accompanied by an identification field. The data in the sector may be contiguous, or may be split between adjacent data wedges, such that successive wedges each contain a partial segment of the sector. The location and attributes of the sectors and split sectors are obtained by reference to a data sector information table residing in random-access memory, and derived from format information previously recorded on the disk or in other non-volatile memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2000Publication date: June 13, 2002Inventor: William E. Benson
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Patent number: D245140Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 1975Date of Patent: July 26, 1977Inventor: William E. Benson