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KUO NAI-PING
TW53 patents
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MACRONIX INT CO LTD
37 patentsUS6421275B1Jul 16, 2002
Method for adjusting a reference current of a flash nitride read only memory (NROM) and device thereof
MACRONIX INT CO LTD155 citations99
US6845052B1Jan 18, 2005
Dual reference cell sensing scheme for non-volatile memory
MACRONIX INT CO LTD124 citations96
US7835178B2Nov 16, 2010
Apparatus and method for detecting word line leakage in memory devices
MACRONIX INT CO LTD15 citations92
US7532513B2May 12, 2009
Apparatus and method for detecting word line leakage in memory devices
MACRONIX INT CO LTD19 citations92
US6421267B1Jul 16, 2002
Memory array architecture
MACRONIX INT CO LTD23 citations92
US9147501B2Sep 29, 2015
Retention logic for non-volatile memory
MACRONIX INT CO LTD5 citations84
US7295471B2Nov 13, 2007
Memory device having a virtual ground array and methods using program algorithm to improve read margin loss
MACRONIX INT CO LTD12 citations84
US7289359B2Oct 30, 2007
Systems and methods for using a single reference cell in a dual bit flash memory
MACRONIX INT CO LTD18 citations84
US6665216B1Dec 16, 2003
Apparatus and system for reading non-volatile memory with dual reference cells
MACRONIX INT CO LTD15 citations82
US7315482B2Jan 1, 2008
Memory device with a plurality of reference cells on a bit line
MACRONIX INT CO LTD8 citations74
US9535785B2Jan 3, 2017
ECC method for flash memory
MACRONIX INT CO LTD2 citations73
US10261721B2Apr 16, 2019
Memory system and operating method thereof
MACRONIX INT CO LTD2 citations72
US9817588B2Nov 14, 2017
Memory device and operating method of same
MACRONIX INT CO LTD5 citations72
US10825529B2Nov 3, 2020
Low latency memory erase suspend operation
MACRONIX INT CO LTD3 citations71
US9959044B2May 1, 2018
Memory device including risky mapping table and controlling method thereof
MACRONIX INT CO LTD6 citations71
US8018772B2Sep 13, 2011
Apparatus and method for detecting word line leakage in memory devices
MACRONIX INT CO LTD3 citations63
US7236404B2Jun 26, 2007
Structures and methods for enhancing erase uniformity in an NROM array
MACRONIX INT CO LTD2 citations63
US7002850B2Feb 21, 2006
System and method for over erase reduction of nitride read only memory
MACRONIX INT CO LTD4 citations63
US7355903B2Apr 8, 2008
Semiconductor device including memory cells and current limiter
MACRONIX INT CO LTD2 citations62
US7180782B2Feb 20, 2007
Read source line compensation in a non-volatile memory
MACRONIX INT CO LTD5 citations62
US12277346B2Apr 15, 2025
Memory system having planes with multibit status
MACRONIX INT CO LTD0 citations52
US11742004B2Aug 29, 2023
Memory supporting multiple types of operations
MACRONIX INT CO LTD0 citations52
US9875811B2Jan 23, 2018
Method and device for reading a memory
MACRONIX INT CO LTD1 citations52
US9679656B2Jun 13, 2017
Method, electronic device and controller for recovering array of memory cells
MACRONIX INT CO LTD0 citations52
US9514834B2Dec 6, 2016
Retention logic for non-volatile memory
MACRONIX INT CO LTD1 citations52
US9396806B2Jul 19, 2016
Method, electronic device and controller for recovering memory array
MACRONIX INT CO LTD0 citations52
US9368220B2Jun 14, 2016
Non-volatile memory device and method for shortened erase operation during testing
MACRONIX INT CO LTD1 citations52
US9123390B2Sep 1, 2015
Method and apparatus of changing device identification codes of a memory integrated circuit device
MACRONIX INT CO LTD0 citations52
US9093172B2Jul 28, 2015
Method and apparatus for leakage suppression in flash memory in response to external commands
MACRONIX INT CO LTD0 citations52
US8723563B2May 13, 2014
Apparatus and method to tolerate floating input pin for input buffer
MACRONIX INT CO LTD0 citations52
US7969803B2Jun 28, 2011
Method and apparatus for protection of non-volatile memory in presence of out-of-specification operating voltage
MACRONIX INT CO LTD1 citations52
US7423913B2Sep 9, 2008
Structures and methods for enhancing erase uniformity in a nitride read-only memory array
MACRONIX INT CO LTD0 citations52
US7233530B2Jun 19, 2007
System and method for over erase reduction of nitride read only memory
MACRONIX INT CO LTD0 citations52
US11809746B2Nov 7, 2023
Solid state disk, data transmitting method and intermediary controller to support reduced SSD controller pad count
MACRONIX INT CO LTD0 citations50
US11372587B2Jun 28, 2022
Memory device and method for managing read counts of memory device
MACRONIX INT CO LTD0 citations49
US9208842B2Dec 8, 2015
Method and system for operating memory
MACRONIX INT CO LTD0 citations49
US12254215B2Mar 18, 2025
Memory device and management method thereof
MACRONIX INT CO LTD0 citations48
HUNG CHUN-HSIUNG
3 patentsUS8797802B2Aug 5, 2014
Method and apparatus for shortened erase operation
HUNG CHUN-HSIUNG13 citations84
US8400190B2Mar 19, 2013
Apparatus and method to tolerate floating input pin for input buffer
HUNG CHUN-HSIUNG4 citations60
US8977912B2Mar 10, 2015
Method and apparatus for repairing memory
HUNG CHUN-HSIUNG1 citations52
KUO NAI-PING
3 patentsUS8929139B2Jan 6, 2015
Method and apparatus for leakage suppression in flash memory
KUO NAI-PING2 citations60
US8717813B2May 6, 2014
Method and apparatus for leakage suppression in flash memory in response to external commands
KUO NAI-PING3 citations60
US8687438B2Apr 1, 2014
Method and apparatus of changing device identification codes of a memory integrated circuit device
KUO NAI-PING1 citations51
LIN YUNG FENG
2 patentsHSIEH WEN-YI
1 patentCHAUNG YU-MENG
1 patentMACRONIZ INTERNAT CO LTD
1 patentHUNG CHUN HSIUNG
1 patentCHANG KUEN-LONG
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