Patents by Inventor Yuan Rong
Yuan Rong 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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Patent number: 10007431Abstract: Storage devices including a controller, a first memory coupled to the controller, and a second memory coupled to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to generate a linked list in response to a received access command, the linked list comprising one or more first entries corresponding to user data to be received from or outputted to an external device and one or more second entries for metadata to be generated by the storage device, and having a defined order of the first entries and the second entries corresponding to a defined data structure of a page of data of the first memory.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2017Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Frank Chen, Yuan Rong
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Publication number: 20170153817Abstract: Storage devices including a controller, a first memory coupled to the controller, and a second memory coupled to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to generate a linked list in response to a received access command, the linked list comprising one or more first entries corresponding to user data to be received from or outputted to an external device and one or more second entries for metadata to be generated by the storage device, and having a defined order of the first entries and the second entries corresponding to a defined data structure of a page of data of the first memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2017Publication date: June 1, 2017Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Frank Chen, Yuan Rong
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Patent number: 9665301Abstract: Methods, and corresponding devices, for storing user data along with a plurality of addresses corresponding to physical pages storing valid data corresponding to a logical data block are useful in re-building mapping information for the logical data block. Such methods include receiving data from an external device, combining the received data with a plurality of addresses, and writing the combined data to a free physical page, wherein each address of the plurality of addresses corresponds to a respective physical page associated with a respective logical page associated with valid data.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2016Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Frank Chen, Yuan Rong, Zhao Wei
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Patent number: 9575674Abstract: Methods facilitate data streaming in bulk storage devices by generating linked lists containing entries for both user data and metadata. These linked lists containing mixed data types facilitate receiving and outputting user data, and to insert or ignore, respectively, metadata corresponding to that user data without interrupting flow of the user data.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2015Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Frank Chen, Yuan Rong
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Publication number: 20160139813Abstract: Devices and methods storing user data along with a plurality of addresses corresponding to physical pages storing valid data corresponding to a logical data block are useful in re-building mapping information for the logical data block.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2016Publication date: May 19, 2016Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Frank Chen, Yuan Rong, Zhao Wei
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Patent number: 9324434Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices, modules, and systems for operating semiconductor memory. One method embodiment includes determining a status of a page of memory cells without using input/output (I/O) circuitry, and outputting the status through the I/O circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Frank Chen, Zhao Wei, Yuan Rong
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Patent number: 9262335Abstract: Memory modules and methods of operating memory modules re-build mapping information from data read from last valid physical pages. Corruption of mapping information is detected. A last valid physical page associated with logical data blocks is read. Mapping information is obtained from the data read from the last valid physical page, and mapping information is re-built using the mapping information obtained from the last valid pages.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2014Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Frank Chen, Yuan Rong, Zhao Wei
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Publication number: 20150113357Abstract: Methods facilitate data streaming in bulk storage devices by generating linked lists containing entries for both user data and metadata. These linked lists containing mixed data types facilitate receiving and outputting user data, and to insert or ignore, respectively, metadata corresponding to that user data without interrupting flow of the user data.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2015Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Frank Chen, Yuan Rong
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Patent number: 8930645Abstract: Methods and apparatus facilitate data streaming in bulk storage devices by generating linked lists containing entries for both user data and metadata. These linked lists containing mixed data types facilitate receiving and outputting user data, and to insert or ignore, respectively, metadata corresponding to that user data without interrupting flow of the user data.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2008Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Frank Chen, Yuan Rong
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Publication number: 20140250273Abstract: Memory modules and methods of operating memory modules re-build mapping information from data read from last valid physical pages. Corruption of mapping information is detected. A last valid physical page associated with logical data blocks is read. Mapping information is obtained from the data read from the last valid physical page, and mapping information is re-built using the mapping information obtained from the last valid pages.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2014Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Frank Chen, Yuan Rong, Zhao Wei
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Publication number: 20140177340Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices, modules, and systems for operating semiconductor memory. One method embodiment includes determining a status of a page of memory cells without using input/output (I/O) circuitry, and outputting the status through the I/O circuitry.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Frank Chen, Zhao Wei, Yuan Rong
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Patent number: 8732388Abstract: Memory modules and methods of operating memory modules embed mapping information within blocks of memory cells to which the mapping information pertains. In particular, when a page is written for a logical data block, that page includes a snapshot of the current mapping information for that logical data block. In this manner, the last valid physical page of a logical data block will contain a physical/logical mapping of that block. Thus, instead of scanning every valid page of the memory device to rebuild the mapping information, the memory module may scan only for the last valid physical page of each logical data block. Once the last valid physical page is discovered for a logical data block, the latest mapping information for that logical data block may be read from that page.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2008Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Frank Chen, Yuan Rong, Zhao Wei
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Patent number: 8634253Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices, modules, and systems for operating semiconductor memory. One method embodiment includes determining a status of a page of memory cells without using input/output (I/O) circuitry, and outputting the status through the I/O circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Frank Chen, Zhao Wei, Yuan Rong
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Patent number: 8588837Abstract: An open loop power control method for setting a transmit power of mobile station (22) during a handoff from a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service to a circuit switched service sets a transmit power of the mobile station based upon a power level associated with the VoIP call. A disclosed example includes using an average power level of a reverse pilot channel of the VoIP call and correction factors based upon forward link and reverse link parameters during the VoIP call.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2006Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Dongzhe Cui, Yuan-Rong Shen, I-Fong Antonio Wu
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Publication number: 20130013817Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices, modules, and systems for operating semiconductor memory. One method embodiment includes determining a status of a page of memory cells without using input/output (I/O) circuitry, and outputting the status through the I/O circuitry.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Frank Chen, Zhao Wei, Yuan Rong
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Patent number: 8279682Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices, modules, and systems for operating semiconductor memory. One method embodiment includes determining a status of a page of memory cells without using input/output (I/O) circuitry, and outputting the status through the I/O circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2011Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Frank Chen, Zhao Wei, Yuan Rong
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Patent number: 8249642Abstract: A wireless communication network (20) includes a power control technique that includes repeating an erasure indicator bit in a transmission from a mobile station (22) to a base station (24, 30, 36). The repeated erasure indicator bit is transmitted on the uplink to each base station. The base station then uses the majority rule of those repeated erasure indicator bits to adjust its transmit power. It results in a desired power control command corresponding to the quality of a downlink between a base station (24, 30, 36) and the mobile station (22). A disclosed example includes using the repeated error indicator bit for deciding whether a recent frame should be considered an erasure. If so, the base station increases power on the downlink forward channel. If not, the base station decreases the transmit power on the downlink forward channel. A disclosed example includes alternative power control adjustment techniques, depending on the recent history of the quality of the downlink.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2010Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Dongzhe Cui, Yuan-Rong Shen
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Publication number: 20110235418Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices, modules, and systems for operating semiconductor memory. One method embodiment includes determining a status of a page of memory cells without using input/output (I/O) circuitry, and outputting the status through the I/O circuitry.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2011Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Frank Chen, Zhao Wei, Yuan Rong
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Patent number: 7969782Abstract: The present disclosure includes methods, devices, modules, and systems for operating semiconductor memory. One method embodiment includes determining a status of a page of memory cells without using input/output (I/O) circuitry, and outputting the status through the I/O circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2009Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Frank Chen, Zhao Wei, Yuan Rong
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Publication number: 20100284371Abstract: A wireless communication network (20) includes a power control technique that includes repeating an erasure indicator bit in a transmission from a mobile station (22) to a base station (24, 30, 36). The repeated erasure indicator bit is transmitted on the uplink to each base station. The base station then uses the majority rule of those repeated erasure indicator bits to adjust its transmit power. It results in a desired power control command corresponding to the quality of a downlink between a base station (24, 30, 36) and the mobile station (22). A disclosed example includes using the repeated error indicator bit for deciding whether a recent frame should be considered an erasure. If so, the base station increases power on the downlink forward channel. If not, the base station decreases the transmit power on the downlink forward channel. A disclosed example includes alternative power control adjustment techniques, depending on the recent history of the quality of the downlink.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2010Publication date: November 11, 2010Inventors: Dongzhe Cui, Yuan-Rong Shen