Patents by Inventor Yi-Hua Pao

Yi-Hua Pao 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: 20180150390
    Abstract: A hybrid data storage device. In addition to a non-volatile memory, the hybrid data storage device has a volatile memory. The volatile memory is allocated to provide a specific-use area to share the burden of data storage of the non-volatile memory. Data written into the specific-use area is retained in the specific-use area to respond to a read request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Jieh-Hsin Chien, Yi-Hua Pao
  • Publication number: 20180096728
    Abstract: A data storage device includes a flash memory, a voltage detection device, and a controller. The flash memory is arranged to store data. The voltage detection device is arranged to detect a supply voltage received by the data storage device. The controller is configured to receive write commands from a host, and perform a prohibition mode when the supply voltage is outside a predetermined range, wherein the write command is arranged to enable the controller to write the flash memory, and the controller is further configured to disable all of the write commands received from the host in the prohibition mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventor: Yi-Hua Pao
  • Publication number: 20180090211
    Abstract: A data storage device includes a flash memory, a voltage detection device, and a controller. The flash memory is arranged to store data. The voltage detection device is arranged to detect a supply voltage received by the data storage device. The controller is configured to receive write commands from a host, and perform a prohibition mode when the supply voltage is outside a predetermined range, wherein the write command is arranged to enable the controller to write the flash memory, and the controller is further configured to disable all of the write commands received from the host in the prohibition mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventor: Yi-Hua Pao
  • Patent number: 9847134
    Abstract: A data storage device includes a flash memory, a voltage detection device, and a controller. The flash memory is arranged to store data. The voltage detection device is arranged to detect a supply voltage received by the data storage device. The controller is configured to receive write commands from a host, and perform a prohibition mode when the supply voltage is outside a predetermined range, wherein the write command is arranged to enable the controller to write the flash memory, and the controller is further configured to disable all of the write commands received from the host in the prohibition mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Silicon Motion, Inc.
    Inventor: Yi-Hua Pao
  • Patent number: 9368226
    Abstract: A data storage device including a flash memory, a temperature sensor and a controller. The flash memory has a plurality of blocks, and each of the blocks has a plurality of pages. The temperature sensor detects surrounding ambient temperature and to produce a temperature parameter accordingly. The controller is arranged to perform a first maintenance procedure after a predetermined period since the data storage device is powered on. The controller reads the temperature sensor to obtain a first temperature parameter in the first maintenance procedure and determines a first time span according to a first predetermined condition for performing a second maintenance procedure, wherein the first predetermined condition includes the first temperature parameter, and the controller is further arranged to perform the second maintenance procedure after the first time span since the first maintenance procedure has finished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Silicon Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Jieh-Hsin Chien, Yi-Hua Pao
  • Publication number: 20150046637
    Abstract: A data storage device including a flash memory, a temperature sensor and a controller. The flash device is arranged to store data. The temperature sensor is arranged to detect surrounding ambient temperature. The controller is configured to receive a write command from a host, and perform a protection mechanism when the detected surrounding ambient temperature is outside a predetermined rage, wherein the write command is arranged to enable the controller to write data into the flash, and the controller is configured to restrict writing during the protect mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Jieh-Hsin CHIEN, Yi-Hua PAO
  • Publication number: 20150046762
    Abstract: A data storage device including a flash memory, a temperature sensor and a controller. The flash memory has a plurality of blocks, and each of the blocks has a plurality of pages. The temperature sensor detects surrounding ambient temperature and to produce a temperature parameter accordingly. The controller is arranged to perform a first maintenance procedure after a predetermined period since the data storage device is powered on. The controller reads the temperature sensor to obtain a first temperature parameter in the first maintenance procedure and determines a first time span according to a first predetermined condition for performing a second maintenance procedure, wherein the first predetermined condition includes the first temperature parameter, and the controller is further arranged to perform the second maintenance procedure after the first time span since the first maintenance procedure has finished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Jieh-Hsin Chien, Yi-Hua Pao
  • Publication number: 20150043280
    Abstract: A data storage device includes a flash memory, a voltage detection device, and a controller. The flash memory is arranged to store data. The voltage detection device is arranged to detect a supply voltage received by the data storage device. The controller is configured to receive write commands from a host, and perform a prohibition mode when the supply voltage is outside a predetermined range, wherein the write command is arranged to enable the controller to write the flash memory, and the controller is further configured to disable all of the write commands received from the host in the prohibition mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventor: Yi-Hua Pao