Assignee: Super Talent Electronics Inc.

Location: San Jose, CA
No. of patents: 39

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7547218	Plug and cap for a universal-serial-bus (USB) device Embodiments of a plug and cap of a Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) device have been presented. In one embodiment, a USB device includes a main body, a piece of string, and a cap. The main body has a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) and a casing, wherein the PCBA is ...	06/16/2009
7447037	Single chip USB packages by various assembly methods A low-profile Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) assembly includes a modular USB core component and an external case. The modular USB core component includes a PCBA in which all passive components and unpackaged IC chips are attached to a single side of a PCB opposite to th...	11/04/2008
7440316	8/9 and 8/10-bit encoding to reduce peak surge currents when writing phase-change memory Phase-change memory (PCM) cells store data using alloy resistors in high-resistance amorphous and low-resistance crystalline states. The memory cell's reset current can be double a set current, causing peak currents to depend on write data. When all data bits are re...	10/21/2008
7440287	Extended USB PCBA and device 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...	10/21/2008
7440286	Extended USB dual-personality card reader A dual-personality card reader system supports both USB and micro-SD devices using a card reader and an extended 9-pin USB socket. The card reader includes a PCBA having four standard USB metal contact pads and several extended purpose contact pads disposed on an up...	10/21/2008
7438562	Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) flash-memory device with metal wrap formed over plastic housing A metal-wrapped flash-memory-drive device has an integrated slim Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) connector that fits into a standard USB socket. The slim USB connector has 4 metal contacts on a circuit board that is encapsulated by a plastic case. Components are mounted ...	10/21/2008
7433196	Card-type electronic apparatus assembly using ultrasonic joining A card-type electronic apparatus such as an SD card, a CF card, a Memory Stick card, or a USB flash drive is formed from an upper and lower cover that are bonded together at an interior seam formed using ultrasonic joining. Lower sidewalls on the lower cover create ...	10/07/2008
7428605	Symmetric USB device with metal-tube plastic-plug shell with USB plug centered and integrated with circuit board substrate A Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) device has a USB plug that is centered over a center-line of a circuit board. The circuit board with flash memory and a USB flash controller has metal pads that a USB connector is soldered to. The USB connector has a rear step that is ab...	09/23/2008
7427217	Extended UBS protocol connector and socket Extended Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) plugs and sockets are disclosed. The extended USB plug includes an extended pin substrate having an extended substrate length longer than a length of a pin substrate of an industry-standard USB connector plug. There is further inc...	09/23/2008
7420803	Universal serial bus flash drive with deploying and retracting functionalities A universal serial bus (USB) flash drive pen device for deploying and retracting a USB plug connector having a pusher assembly including a USB flash drive and a USB plug connector, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The USB flash drive pen de...	09/02/2008
7407393	Super slim compact flash (CF) light universal serial bus (USB) device An embodiment of the present invention includes a super slim compact flash (CF) light Universal Serial Bus (USB) device having a top cover, a top cover slot formed within the top cover and forming a top cover slot cavity, a sliding plug connector positioned within t...	08/05/2008
7407390	USB device with plastic housing having inserted plug support A Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) device includes a PCBA mounted inside a plastic housing molded from a hard plastic (e.g., PC), and includes a handle portion mounted over a body section of the PCBA, and a plug support portion that is snap-coupled onto the housing and di...	08/05/2008
7394661	System and method for providing a flash memory assembly The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a flash memory assembly. The flash memory assembly includes a connector and a printed circuit board (PCB) coupled to the connector. The center of the PCB is positioned substantially at the center of ...	07/01/2008
7393247	Architectures for external SATA-based flash memory devices A Serial Advanced Technology Attachment-based (SATA-based) flash memory device configured for coupling with a host machine. The device includes semiconductor memory configured for storing data and a plug having therein a plug cavity, the plug cavity having a general...	07/01/2008
7383362	Single-chip multi-media card/secure digital (MMC/SD) controller reading power-on boot code from integrated flash memory for user storage A Multi-Media Card/Secure Digital (MMC/SD) single-chip flash device contains a MMC/SD flash microcontroller and flash mass storage blocks containing flash memory arrays that are block-addressable rather than randomly-addressable. MMC/SD transactions from a host MMC/...	06/03/2008
7375548	SCL type FPGA with multi-threshold transistors and method for forming same A new scheme of Schottky FPGA (SFPGA) IC solution is proposed. The chip is organized by embedded analog, memory, and logic units with on chip apparatus and software means to partitioning, altering selected portions of hardware. The process means is based on the comb...	05/20/2008
7365985	Memory module assembly including heat sink attached to integrated circuits by adhesive A memory module assembly includes two-plate heat sink attached to one or more of the integrated circuits (e.g., memory devices) of a memory module PCBA by adhesive. The adhesive is either heat-activated or heat-cured. The adhesive is applied to either the memory dev...	04/29/2008
7364445	USB flash device with rubber cover A USB device includes a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), a metal shell secured to a front of the PCBA, a plastic frame secured to a rear of the PCBA, and a rubber case including a case body covering the plastic frame case such that a plug shell connector exten...	04/29/2008
7359208	USB device with metal plug shell attached to plastic housing A Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) device includes a PCBA mounted inside a molded plastic housing structure such that metal contacts are exposed on a plug portion of the housing structure, and includes a metal plug shell attached to the housing structure such that an uppe...	04/15/2008
7347736	Reduced-length, low-profile USB device and card-like carrier A USB device in which all of the devices ICs are located on a lower surface of a PCB (i.e., opposite to the metal contacts) to minimize the device's thickness, and at least one of the ICs is positioned on a relatively narrow portion of the USB plug to minimize the d...	03/25/2008
RE40115	Assembly including slim female USB connector and slim male USB connector with spring-engaging depressions, stabilizing dividers and wider end rails A slim male Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) connector fits on only one side of the connector substrate in a standard female USB connector. Wobble or vertical play is reduced by locking depressions in the slim male USB connector that engage metal springs on a metal case t...	02/26/2008
7333364	Cell-downgrading and reference-voltage adjustment for a multi-bit-cell flash memory A flash memory has multi-level cells (MLC) that can each store multiple bits per cell. Blocks of cells can be downgraded to fewer bits/cell when errors occur, or for storing critical data such as boot code. The bits from a single MLC are partitioned among multiple p...	02/19/2008
7318117	Managing flash memory including recycling obsolete sectors A flash memory controller is disclosed. The flash memory controller includes a processor for receiving at least one request from a host system. The flash memory controller further includes an index comprising information regarding sectors of a flash memory. The proc...	01/08/2008
7301776	Light-weight flash hard drive with plastic frame A light-weight flash hard drive includes a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) mounted in a housing formed by a plastic frame and a pair of metal panels that are mounted on the plastic frame over the PCBA. The PCBA includes a PC board and a plug connector that is ...	11/27/2007
7299347	Boot management in computer systems assisted by an endpoint with PCI-XP or USB-V2 interface An intelligent endpoint can provide an automated, centralized boot management for multiple, interconnected computer systems. The intelligent endpoint can be notified of a boot event for one of the computer systems. This notification can occur over a system bus or vi...	11/20/2007
7299316	Memory flash card reader employing an indexing scheme A memory flash card reader includes a processor for receiving at least one request from a host system, an index comprising information regarding sectors of the memory flash card wherein the processor may utilize the index to determine sectors of the memory flash car...	11/20/2007
7296345	Method for manufacturing a memory device A portable memory device includes a molded housing and a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) encased with the molded housing such that a plug connector extends from one end. A lower housing portion is produced by injection molding using a first apparatus, and then...	11/20/2007
7297024	Universal-serial-bus (USB) flash-memory device with metal wrap formed over plastic housing A metal-wrapped flash-memory-drive device has an integrated slim Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) connector that fits into a standard USB socket. The slim USB connector has 4 metal contacts on a circuit board that is encapsulated by a plastic case. Components are mounted ...	11/20/2007
7269004	Low-profile USB device A low-profile Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) device includes a PCBA in which all of the ICs are formed on a side of a PCB opposite to the metal contacts. The ICs include, for example, a USB controller chip and flash memory chip or communication chip. A housing is attach...	09/11/2007
7259967	USB device with plastic housing having integrated plastic plug shell A Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) device includes a PCBA mounted inside a molded plastic housing structure such that metal contacts are exposed on a plug portion of the housing structure, and includes a plastic plug shell integrally molded to the housing structure such t...	08/21/2007
7257714	Electronic data storage medium with fingerprint verification capability In an electronic data storage medium accessed by a data terminal, a fingerprint sensor scans a fingerprint of a user of the electronic data storage medium and generals fingerprint scan data. A processing unit is operable operable selectively in a programming mode, w...	08/14/2007
7252518	USB device with case having integrated plug shell A Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) device includes a PCBA mounted inside a plastic housing, which in turn is inserted and secured inside an outer case. The case is made of metal, and includes a handle portion that is integrally connected to a plug shell. The plug shell ex...	08/07/2007
7249978	Reduced-length, low-profile USB device and card-like carrier A USB device in which all of the devices ICs are located on a lower surface of a PCB (i.e., opposite to the metal contacts) to minimize the device's thickness, and at least one of the ICs is positioned on a relatively narrow portion of the USB plug to minimize the d...	07/31/2007
7243185	Flash memory system with a high-speed flash controller A multi media card (MMC) is disclosed. The MMC includes a flash controller and at least one flash memory device. The flash controller increases the throughput of the at least one flash memory device to match the speed of a host bus coupled to the MMC. The flash cont...	07/10/2007
7235423	Molded memory card production using carrier strip Plastic casings are simultaneously molded onto several PCBAs attached to a carrier in a closely-spaced arrangement. All edges of each PCBA have integral connecting segments that extend through grooves formed in the associated mold assembly, and are pinched when the ...	06/26/2007
7215551	Memory module assembly including heat sink attached to integrated circuits by adhesive A memory module assembly includes two-plate heat sink attached to one or more of the integrated circuits (e.g., memory devices) of a memory module PCBA by adhesive. The adhesive is either heat-activated or heat-cured. The adhesive is applied to either the memory dev...	05/08/2007
7186147	Peripheral device having an extended USB plug for communicating with a host computer A peripheral device having a device processor, a multi-personality bus switch, and an extended Universal-Serial Bus (USB) plug is disclosed. The peripheral device is capable of communicating with a host computer using one or more protocols. The extended Universal-Se...	03/06/2007
7182646	Connectors having a USB-like form factor for supporting USB and non-USB protocols An extended Universal-Serial Bus (USB) plug and extended Universal-Serial Bus (USB) socket are disclosed. The extended Universal-Serial Bus (USB) plug includes an extended pin substrate, the extended pin substrate and at least some of a plurality of contacts thereon...	02/27/2007
6933209	Stacking memory chips using flat lead-frame with breakaway insertion pins and pin-to-pin bridges Memory chips are assembled into a stack with an insertion-pin frame between pins of two stacked memory chips. The insertion-pin frame is not bent or formed into 3-dimensional shapes but is flat, improving use in standard surface-mount processes such as solder printi...	08/23/2005

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Assignee: Super Talent Electronics Inc.