Patents by Inventor Yungcheng Thomas Lo

Yungcheng Thomas Lo 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: 10423492
    Abstract: A flash memory device includes a flash memory configured to store a plurality of pages and a control circuit coupled to the flash memory. The control circuit is configured to retrieve data from a page of the flash memory, determine a number of zeroes or ones of the retrieved data, determine whether the number is between a first value and a second value, and determine that the retrieved data has one or more errors based on determining that the number is not between the first value and the second value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Yungcheng Thomas Lo
  • Patent number: 10410724
    Abstract: A flash memory device includes a flash memory comprising a plurality of pages for storing data, a control circuit configured to select a page of the plurality of pages in response to a received command, an accumulator configured to obtain a signal value of the selected page, and a comparator configured to compare the signal value with a predetermined value. The control circuit generates an indication signal indicative of a state of the selected page based on a comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Yungcheng Thomas Lo
  • Patent number: 10282110
    Abstract: A flash memory device includes a flash memory having a plurality of blocks, each block having a plurality of pages, and a control circuit configured to receive a command, decode the received command to determine whether the command is a last written page command, upon determining that the command is the last written page command, select a block of the plurality of blocks, and perform a number of iterations. Each of the iterations includes obtain a measurement of a signal level of a page in the selected block, compare the signal level with a predetermined threshold value, determine whether the page is an erased page based on a comparison result, upon determining that the page is an erased page, save an address associated with the erased page and output the address of the erased page, and upon determining that the page is not an erase page, perform a next iteration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Yungcheng Thomas Lo
  • Publication number: 20170336974
    Abstract: A flash memory device includes a flash memory configured to store a plurality of pages and a control circuit coupled to the flash memory. The control circuit is configured to retrieve data from a page of the flash memory, determine a number of zeroes or ones of the retrieved data, determine whether the number is between a first value and a second value, and determine that the retrieved data has one or more errors based on determining that the number is not between the first value and the second value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventor: Yungcheng Thomas Lo
  • Publication number: 20170293437
    Abstract: A flash memory device includes a flash memory having a plurality of blocks, each block having a plurality of pages, and a control circuit configured to receive a command, decode the received command to determine whether the command is a last written page command, upon determining that the command is the last written page command, select a block of the plurality of blocks, and perform a number of iterations. Each of the iterations includes obtain a measurement of a signal level of a page in the selected block, compare the signal level with a predetermined threshold value, determine whether the page is an erased page based on a comparison result, upon determining that the page is an erased page, save an address associated with the erased page and output the address of the erased page, and upon determining that the page is not an erase page, perform a next iteration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Yungcheng Thomas Lo
  • Publication number: 20170293446
    Abstract: A flash memory device includes a flash memory comprising a plurality of pages for storing data, a control circuit configured to select a page of the plurality of pages in response to a received command, an accumulator configured to obtain a signal value of the selected page, and a comparator configured to compare the signal value with a predetermined value. The control circuit generates an indication signal indicative of a state of the selected page based on a comparison result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Yungcheng Thomas Lo