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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180931 | USB-attached-SCSI flash-memory system with additional command, status, and control pipes to a smart-storage switch An electronic flash-memory card has additional pipes for commands and status messages so that data pipes are not clogged with commands and status messages, allowing for a higher data throughput. The command and status pipes are activated when a UAS/BOT detector dete... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176238 | Command queuing smart storage transfer manager for striping data to raw-NAND flash modules A flash module has raw-NAND flash memory chips accessed over a physical-block address (PBA) bus by a NVM controller. The NVM controller is on the flash module or on a system board for a solid-state disk (SSD). The NVM controller converts logical block addresses (LBA... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171204 | Intelligent solid-state non-volatile memory device (NVMD) system with multi-level caching of multiple channels A flash memory system stores blocks of data in Non-Volatile Memory Devices (NVMD) that are addressed by a logical block address (LBA). The LBA is remapped for wear-leveling and bad-block relocation by the NVMD. The NVMD are interleaved in channels that are accessed ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166221 | Low-power USB superspeed device with 8-bit payload and 9-bit frame NRZI encoding for replacing 8/10-bit encoding A Low-power flash-memory device uses a modified Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) 3.0 Protocol to reduce power consumption. The bit clock is slowed to reduce power and the need for pre-emphasis when USB cable lengths are short in applications. Data efficiency is improved b... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8141240 | Manufacturing method for micro-SD flash memory card A method for fabricating MicroSD devices includes forming a PCB panel having multiple PCBs arranged in parallel rows, with each PCB connected to its neighboring PCBs in each row by relatively narrow connecting bridge pieces, and separated from PCBs of adjacent rows ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8116083 | Lipstick-type USB device with tubular housing A USB device including a tubular housing and a rear cap assembly including a handle structure that is rotatably connected to the tubular housing to facilitate deploying and retracting a plug connector through a front opening of the housing. The plug connector is fix... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112574 | Swappable sets of partial-mapping tables in a flash-memory system with a command queue for combining flash writes A flash controller has a flash interface accessing physical blocks of multi-level-cell (MLC) flash memory. An Extended Universal-Serial-Bus (EUSB) interface loads host commands into a command queue where writes are re-ordered and combined to reduce flash writes. A p... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108590 | Multi-operation write aggregator using a page buffer and a scratch flash block in each of multiple channels of a large array of flash memory to reduce block wear A flash system has multiple channels of flash memory chips that can be accessed in parallel. Host data is assigned to one of the channels by a multi-channel controller processor and accumulated in a multi-channel page buffer. When a page boundary in the page buffer ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102662 | USB package with bistable sliding mechanism A USB device including a bistable mechanism that serves to bias a plug connector into one of two stable states, where the first stable state is associated with a retracted position in which the plug connector is fully retracted inside a housing, and the second stabl... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102658 | Micro-SD to secure digital adaptor card and manufacturing method A microSD-to-SD adaptor card includes a base substrate having a lead frame structure, a protective cap forming a chamber that encloses eight microSD contact pins of the lead frame structure, and a thermoset plastic casing formed over the protective cap and exposed p... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102657 | Single shot molding method for COB USB/EUSB devices with contact pad ribs A dual-personality extended USB (EUSB) system supports both USB and EUSB memory cards using an extended 9-pin EUSB socket. Each EUSB device 101 includes a PCBA having four standard USB metal contact pads disposed on an upper side of a PCB, and several extended purpo... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8078794 | Hybrid SSD using a combination of SLC and MLC flash memory arrays Hybrid solid state drives (SSD) using a combination of single-level cell (SLC) and multi-level cell (MLC) flash memory arrays are described. According to one aspect of the present invention, a hybrid SSD is built using a combination SLC and MLC flash memory arrays. ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073985 | Backward compatible extended USB plug and receptacle with dual personality An extended Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) connector plug and socket each have a pin substrate with one surface that supports the four metal contact pins for the standard USB interface. An extension of the pin substrate carries another 8 extension metal contact pins tha... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8060670 | Method and systems for storing and accessing data in USB attached-SCSI (UAS) and bulk-only-transfer (BOT) based flash-memory device Methods and systems for storing and accessing data in UAS based flash memory device are disclosed. UAS based flash memory device comprises a controller and a plurality of non-volatile memories (e.g., flash memory) it controls. Controller is configured for connecting... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8043099 | Extended USB plug, USB PCBA, and USB flash drive with dual-personality An extended universal serial bus (USB) storage device is described herein. According to one embodiment, an extended USB storage device includes a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) having a flash memory device and a flash controller mounted thereon, and an extend... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8037234 | Command queuing smart storage transfer manager for striping data to raw-NAND flash modules A flash module has raw-NAND flash memory chips accessed over a physical-block address (PBA) bus by a NVM controller. The NVM controller is on the flash module or on a system board for a solid-state disk (SSD). The NVM controller converts logical block addresses (LBA... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8021166 | Extended USB plug, USB PCBA, and USB flash drive with dual-personality for embedded application with mother boards An extended universal serial bus (USB) storage device is described herein. According to one embodiment, an extended USB storage device includes a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) having a flash memory device and a flash controller mounted thereon, and an extend... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019943 | High endurance non-volatile memory devices High endurance non-volatile memory devices (NVMD) are described. A high endurance NVMD includes an I/O interface, a NVM controller, a CPU along with a volatile memory subsystem and at least one non-volatile memory (NVM) module. The volatile memory cache subsystem is... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8015348 | Memory address management systems in a large capacity multi-level cell (MLC) based flash memory device Methods and systems of managing memory addresses in a large capacity multi-level cell based flash memory device are described. According to one aspect, a flash memory device comprises a processing unit to manage logical-to-physical address correlation using an index... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8014130 | Pen-like universal serial bus (USB) flash drive with deploying and retracting functionalities Various embodiments of a USB drive pen device are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a USB drive pen device includes a USB plug assembly having a flash controller and a flash memory device, a pusher assembly including a rotator having one or more tabs disposed the... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7984303 | Flash memory devices with security features In an electronic data storage device accessed by a host computer motherboard, a fingerprint sensor scans a fingerprint of a user of the electronic data storage device and generates fingerprint scan data. A processing unit activates an input/output interface circuit ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7966462 | Multi-channel flash module with plane-interleaved sequential ECC writes and background recycling to restricted-write flash chips A RAM mapping table is restored from flash memory using plane, block, and page addresses generated by a physical sequential address counter. The RAM mapping table is restored following a plane-interleaved sequence generated by the physical sequential address counter... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7966429 | Peripheral devices using phase-change memory Peripheral devices store data in non-volatile phase-change memory (PCM). PCM cells have alloy resistors with high-resistance amorphous states and low-resistance crystalline states. The peripheral device can be a Serial AT-Attachment (SATA) or integrated device elect... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965546 | Synchronous page-mode phase-change memory with ECC and RAM cache Phase-change memory (PCM) cells store data using alloy resistors in high-resistance amorphous and low-resistance crystalline states. The time of the memory cell's set-current pulse can be 100 ns, much longer than read or reset times. The write time thus depends on t... | 06/21/2011 |
| D639303 | Retractable flash memory device | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953931 | High endurance non-volatile memory devices High endurance non-volatile memory devices (NVMD) are described. A high endurance NVMD includes an I/O interface, a NVM controller, a CPU along with a volatile memory subsystem and at least one non-volatile memory (NVM) module. The volatile memory cache subsystem is... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7944703 | Flash memory device assembly using adhesive A flash memory device includes one or two panels that are attached solely by a thermal bond adhesive to either a frame or integrated circuits (e.g., flash memory devices) disposed on a PCBA. The frame is disposed around the PCBA and supports peripheral edges of the ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944702 | Press-push flash drive apparatus with metal tubular casing and snap-coupled plastic sleeve A press-push type computer peripheral “flash drive” device includes an elongated (e.g., metal) tubular casing containing a PCBA having a plug connector. A plastic housing assembly includes front and rear cap portions mounted over the open ends of the tubular cas... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941916 | Manufacturing method for memory card A portable memory card including a molded plastic casing formed over a memory device and other circuits mounted on a substrate such that the molding material extends over side edges of the substrate to provide accurate width and thickness dimensions. Contact pads ar... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7934037 | Extended Secure-Digital (SD) devices and hosts Systems and methods for communicating using various protocols through the Secured Digital (SD) physical interface are disclosed. The invention covers, among others, single-mode and multi-mode hosts, single-mode and multi-mode devices, as well as techniques for initi... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930531 | Multi-partition USB device that re-boots a PC to an alternate operating system for virus recovery A multi-partition Universal Serial Bus (USB) device has a flash memory with multiple partitions of storage. Some partitions are for different operating systems and store OS images. Another partition has a control program while a user partition stores user data and u... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7889544 | High-speed controller for phase-change memory peripheral device Peripheral devices store data in non-volatile phase-change memory (PCM). PCM cells have alloy resistors with high-resistance amorphous states and low-resistance crystalline states. The peripheral device can be a Multi-Media Card/Secure Digital (MMC/SD) card. A PCM c... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7886108 | Methods and systems of managing memory addresses in a large capacity multi-level cell (MLC) based flash memory device Methods and systems of managing memory addresses in a large capacity multi-level cell based flash memory device are described. According to one aspect, a flash memory device comprises a processing unit to manage logical-to-physical address correlation using an index... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7849242 | PCI express-compatible controller and interface that provides PCI express functionality and flash memory operations to host device A PCI Express-compatible flash device can include one or more flash memory modules, a controller, and an ExpressCard interface. The controller can advantageously provide PCI Express functionality as well as flash memory operations, e.g. writing, reading, or erasing,... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7877542 | High integration of intelligent non-volatile memory device High integration of a non-volatile memory device (NVMD) is disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a non-volatile memory device comprises an intelligent non-volatile memory (NVM) controller and an intelligent non-volatile memory module. The NVM ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7874067 | Manufacturing method for single chip COB USB devices with optional embedded LED According to certain embodiments of the invention, a single chip COB USB manufacturing is using chip-on-board (COB) processes on a PCB panel with multiple individual USB PCB substrates. This single chip COB USB is laid out in an array of N×M matrixes. The advantage... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873885 | SSD test systems and methods Solid state drive (SSD) testing processes and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, the SSD testing process comprises: specifying a set of test parameters of firmware, operating system and flash memory for a plurality of SSDs under test (DUTs) in an SSD test sys... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7873837 | Data security for electronic data flash card An electronic data flash card includes a random number generator that generates a random number stored in the card and a host system each time the card is accessed by the host system. The random number is used by the host system to encrypt a logical branch address, ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7872873 | Extended COB-USB with dual-personality contacts A dual-personality extended USB (EUSB) system supports both USB and EUSB memory cards using an extended 9-pin EUSB socket. Each EUSB memory card includes a PCBA having four standard USB metal contact pads disposed on an upper side of a PCB, and several extended purp... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7872871 | Molding methods to manufacture single-chip chip-on-board USB device A low-profile Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) device includes a PCBA in which all passive components and unpackaged IC chips are attached to a single side of a PCB opposite to the metal contacts. The IC chips include, for example, a USB controller chip and a flash memory... | 01/18/2011 |
