Patents by Inventor Yuko Tamagawa

Yuko Tamagawa 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: 10795770
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus including computer-readable mediums for rearranging data for refresh operations in memory systems such as NAND flash memory devices are provided. In one aspect, a method includes: determining that a particular logical page in a logical block fails based on error bits in a particular physical page that is in a first physical block mapped with the logical block and corresponds to the particular logical page, logical pages in the logical block being mapped to physical pages in the first physical block with an initial mapping order, and executing a refresh operation on the first physical block with a rearranged mapping order for the logical block, the rearranged mapping order being different from the initial mapping order. For the refresh operation, the logical pages in the logical block are mapped to physical pages in a second physical block with the rearranged mapping order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignees: Macronix International Co., Ltd., MegaChips Corporation
    Inventors: Yuchih Yeh, Naping Kuo, Yuko Tamagawa
  • Publication number: 20190324855
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus including computer-readable mediums for rearranging data for refresh operations in memory systems such as NAND flash memory devices are provided. In one aspect, a method includes: determining that a particular logical page in a logical block fails based on error bits in a particular physical page that is in a first physical block mapped with the logical block and corresponds to the particular logical page, logical pages in the logical block being mapped to physical pages in the first physical block with an initial mapping order, and executing a refresh operation on the first physical block with a rearranged mapping order for the logical block, the rearranged mapping order being different from the initial mapping order. For the refresh operation, the logical pages in the logical block are mapped to physical pages in a second physical block with the rearranged mapping order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicants: Macronix International Co., Ltd., MegaChips Corporation
    Inventors: Yuchih Yeh, Naping Kuo, Yuko Tamagawa
  • Patent number: 9323660
    Abstract: A memory is readable by page and erasable by block including a plurality of pages. After a read request to the memory is issued, a memory controller specifies all blocks which can be accessed based on an address specified by a read command, as candidate blocks, and specifies an inspection target page out of pages included in the candidate blocks on the basis of a predetermined rule. The memory controller inspects whether or not there is an error in the inspection target page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: MegaChips Corporation
    Inventor: Yuko Tamagawa