Patents by Inventor Yuko NODA
Yuko NODA 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: 20250239312Abstract: A memory controller receives first, second, and third data by first, second, and third reads, specifying a first address, and respectively specifying first, second, and third read voltages higher in this order. The controller instructs a memory to execute a fourth read specifying a fourth read voltage lower than the first read voltage and the first address when a first difference between a first-value-bit count of the first data and an expected value is smaller than a second difference between a first-value-bit count of the third data and the expected value. The memory controller instructs the memory to execute a fifth read specifying a fifth read voltage higher than the third read voltage and the first address when the first difference is larger than the second difference.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2025Publication date: July 24, 2025Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Masahiro SAITO, Kiwamu WATANABE, Yuko NODA, Tsukasa TOKUTOMI, Yoshiki TAKAI
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Patent number: 12366974Abstract: A memory system includes a non-volatile memory including a plurality of memory cells; and a controller. The controller is configured to perform a multi-step write operation to write multi-bit data with respect to each of target memory cells through a first programming to set a first threshold voltage and then a second programming to set a second threshold voltage. The controller, during the multi-step write operation, determines a time period elapsed from a first time at which the first programming with respect to a first memory cell of the target memory cells has been performed, and varies a second time at which the second programming with respect to the first memory cell is performed based on whether the time period is greater than a first threshold.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2023Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Yuko Noda, Kiwamu Watanabe, Masahiro Saito, Yoshiki Takai
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Patent number: 12300328Abstract: A memory controller receives first, second, and third data by first, second, and third reads, specifying a first address, and respectively specifying first, second, and third read voltages higher in this order. The controller instructs a memory to execute a fourth read specifying a fourth read voltage lower than the first read voltage and the first address when a first difference between a first-value-bit count of the first data and an expected value is smaller than a second difference between a first-value-bit count of the third data and the expected value. The memory controller instructs the memory to execute a fifth read specifying a fifth read voltage higher than the third read voltage and the first address when the first difference is larger than the second difference.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2023Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Masahiro Saito, Kiwamu Watanabe, Yuko Noda, Tsukasa Tokutomi, Yoshiki Takai
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Publication number: 20240311232Abstract: A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory including a memory cell, and a controller. The controller is configured to write multi-bit data into the memory cell through a first write operation of writing a first part, and not a second part, of the multi-bit data and then a second write operation of writing the first and second parts. The controller is configured to, during writing of the multi-bit data, determine an amount of time that has passed since the first write operation, perform the second write operation in a first manner by inputting the second part, and not the first part, from the controller, when the determined amount is less than a threshold amount, and perform the second write operation in a second manner by inputting the first and second parts from the controller, when the determined amount is greater than the threshold amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Inventors: Yuko NODA, Kiwamu WATANABE, Masahiro SAITO, Yoshiki TAKAI
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Publication number: 20240053903Abstract: A memory system includes a non-volatile memory including a plurality of memory cells; and a controller. The controller is configured to perform a multi-step write operation to write multi-bit data with respect to each of target memory cells through a first programming to set a first threshold voltage and then a second programming to set a second threshold voltage. The controller, during the multi-step write operation, determines a time period elapsed from a first time at which the first programming with respect to a first memory cell of the target memory cells has been performed, and varies a second time at which the second programming with respect to the first memory cell is performed based on whether the time period is greater than a first threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventors: Yuko NODA, Kiwamu WATANABE, Masahiro SAITO, Yoshiki TAKAI
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Patent number: 11853553Abstract: A memory system includes a non-volatile memory in which data is stored in a plurality of pages including a first page and a second page and a memory controller. The controller is configured to perform a first write operation on the first page at a first time, perform a second write operation on the second page at a second time after the first time, perform a first read operation on the first page at a time after the first time using a first parameter and store a first index value in association with the first page and the first parameter, and determine a second parameter for a second read operation to be performed on the second page using a time difference between the first time and the second time and the first index value stored in association with the first page.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventor: Yuko Noda
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Publication number: 20230402106Abstract: A memory controller receives first, second, and third data by first, second, and third reads, specifying a first address, and respectively specifying first, second, and third read voltages higher in this order. The controller instructs a memory to execute a fourth read specifying a fourth read voltage lower than the first read voltage and the first address when a first difference between a first-value-bit count of the first data and an expected value is smaller than a second difference between a first-value-bit count of the third data and the expected value. The memory controller instructs the memory to execute a fifth read specifying a fifth read voltage higher than the third read voltage and the first address when the first difference is larger than the second difference.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Masahiro SAITO, Kiwamu WATANABE, Yuko NODA, Tsukasa TOKUTOMI, Yoshiki TAKAI
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Patent number: 11494082Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile memory including a plurality of memory chips and a controller. The controller acquires a first command from a first queue, transmits the acquired first command to a first memory chip, thereafter acquires a second command from a second queue, and transmit the acquired second command to a second memory chip when a first command processing speed based on a time until execution of a command using the first memory chip is completed after transmission of the command to the first memory chip is started is lower than a second command processing speed based on a time until execution of a command using the second memory chip is completed after transmission of the command to the second memory chip is started.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATIONInventor: Yuko Noda
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Publication number: 20220300164Abstract: A memory system includes a non-volatile memory in which data is stored in a plurality of pages including a first page and a second page and a memory controller. The controller is configured to perform a first write operation on the first page at a first time, perform a second write operation on the second page at a second time after the first time, perform a first read operation on the first page at a time after the first time using a first parameter and store a first index value in association with the first page and the first parameter, and determine a second parameter for a second read operation to be performed on the second page using a time difference between the first time and the second time and the first index value stored in association with the first page.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2021Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventor: Yuko NODA
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Patent number: 11211138Abstract: A memory system includes a memory chip and a memory controller. The memory chip has a first plane and a second plane. A threshold voltage corresponding to multiple bit data is set for each of the memory cells. The memory controller causes the memory chip to execute a first read process on the first plane and the second plane in parallel by using a plurality of first read voltages different from each other for the first plane and the second plane. The first read process being a process of reading a data group of one bit among the multiple bits by using the first read voltages. The memory controller subsequently adjusts the voltage levels of the first read voltages on the basis of the data group read from the memory cells of the first plane and the data group read from the memory cells of the second plane.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATIONInventors: Tsukasa Tokutomi, Kiwamu Watanabe, Yuko Noda
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Publication number: 20210090682Abstract: A memory system includes a memory chip and a memory controller. The memory chip has a first plane and a second plane. A threshold voltage corresponding to multiple bit data is set for each of the memory cells. The memory controller causes the memory chip to execute a first read process on the first plane and the second plane in parallel by using a plurality of first read voltages different from each other for the first plane and the second plane. The first read process being a process of reading a data group of one bit among the multiple bits by using the first read voltages. The memory controller subsequently adjusts the voltage levels of the first read voltages on the basis of the data group read from the memory cells of the first plane and the data group read from the memory cells of the second plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Tsukasa TOKUTOMI, Kiwamu WATANABE, Yuko NODA
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Publication number: 20190286338Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile memory including a plurality of memory chips and a controller. The controller acquires a first command from a first queue, transmits the acquired first command to a first memory chip, thereafter acquires a second command from a second queue, and transmit the acquired second command to a second memory chip when a first command processing speed based on a time until execution of a command using the first memory chip is completed after transmission of the command to the first memory chip is started is lower than a second command processing speed based on a time until execution of a command using the second memory chip is completed after transmission of the command to the second memory chip is started.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2018Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventor: Yuko NODA