Inventor
YANG NIAN NILES
US77 patents
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WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
20 patentsUS11385802B2Jul 12, 2022
Temperature variation compensation
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC19 citations94
US10026483B1Jul 17, 2018
Program temperature aware data scrub
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC30 citations93
US9996281B2Jun 12, 2018
Temperature variation compensation
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC15 citations92
US10013194B1Jul 3, 2018
Handling thermal shutdown for memory devices
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC21 citations90
US11016545B2May 25, 2021
Thermal throttling for memory devices
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC12 citations85
US10896123B2Jan 19, 2021
Enhancing the effectiveness of read scan performance and reliability for non-volatile memory
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC9 citations85
US10573397B1Feb 25, 2020
Parameter tracking for non-volatile memory to avoid over-programming
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC18 citations85
US10698610B2Jun 30, 2020
Storage system and method for performing high-speed read and write operations
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC10 citations84
US10019332B1Jul 10, 2018
Non-volatile memory with program failure recovery
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC14 citations84
US10452471B2Oct 22, 2019
Non-volatile memory with dynamic write abort detection and recovery
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC8 citations83
US10289341B2May 14, 2019
Operating parameter offsets in solid state memory devices
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC11 citations83
US10115471B1Oct 30, 2018
Storage system and method for handling overheating of the storage system
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC10 citations83
US10218789B2Feb 26, 2019
Erasure correcting coding using temporary erasure data
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC13 citations82
US10289323B2May 14, 2019
Handling thermal shutdown for memory devices
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC5 citations80
US10642510B2May 5, 2020
Temperature variation compensation
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC4 citations73
US10381097B2Aug 13, 2019
Read mode tuning
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC3 citations73
US10354736B1Jul 16, 2019
Memory failure detection and resource allocation
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC3 citations73
US9996299B2Jun 12, 2018
Memory health monitoring
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations73
US10255000B2Apr 9, 2019
Delayed data release after programming to reduce read errors in memory
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC5 citations72
US9880752B2Jan 30, 2018
Memory die temperature adjustment based on a power condition
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC4 citations71
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC
17 patentsUS9792995B1Oct 17, 2017
Independent multi-plane read and low latency hybrid read
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC40 citations94
US9792998B1Oct 17, 2017
System and method for erase detection before programming of a storage device
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC32 citations93
US9251891B1Feb 2, 2016
Devices and methods to conditionally send parameter values to non-volatile memory
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC28 citations90
US9721662B1Aug 1, 2017
Non-volatile memory with efficient programming
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC17 citations84
US9620201B1Apr 11, 2017
Storage system and method for using hybrid blocks with sub-block erase operations
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC7 citations84
US9478315B2Oct 25, 2016
Bit error rate mapping in a memory system
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC9 citations84
US9245637B2Jan 26, 2016
Systems and methods for read disturb management in non-volatile memory
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC11 citations84
US9218881B2Dec 22, 2015
Flash memory blocks with extended data retention
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC11 citations84
US9009568B2Apr 14, 2015
Sensing parameter management in non-volatile memory storage system to compensate for broken word lines
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC12 citations84
US9535614B2Jan 3, 2017
Temperature based flash memory system maintenance
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC14 citations82
US9025374B2May 5, 2015
System and method to update read voltages in a non-volatile memory in response to tracking data
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC9 citations82
US8902669B2Dec 2, 2014
Flash memory with data retention bias
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC15 citations81
US9910730B2Mar 6, 2018
System for handling erratic word lines for non-volatile memory
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC6 citations73
US9753657B2Sep 5, 2017
Dynamic reconditioning of charge trapped based memory
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC5 citations73
US9406396B2Aug 2, 2016
Intrinsic memory block health monitoring
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC4 citations73
US9070449B2Jun 30, 2015
Defective block management
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC6 citations72
US9715938B2Jul 25, 2017
Non-volatile memory with supplemental select gates
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC6 citations71
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
13 patentsUS9811267B1Nov 7, 2017
Non-volatile memory with intelligent temperature sensing and local throttling
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC44 citations94
US9672940B1Jun 6, 2017
Non-volatile memory with fast read process
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC26 citations94
US9711231B1Jul 18, 2017
System solution for first read issue using time dependent read voltages
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC25 citations92
US10339000B2Jul 2, 2019
Storage system and method for reducing XOR recovery time by excluding invalid data from XOR parity
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC7 citations84
US10008277B2Jun 26, 2018
Block health monitoring using threshold voltage of dummy memory cells
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC11 citations84
US9846554B1Dec 19, 2017
Storage system and method for grouping blocks based on deterministic data patterns
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC10 citations84
US10636504B2Apr 28, 2020
Read verify for improved soft bit information for non-volatile memories with residual resistance
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC7 citations83
US10347315B2Jul 9, 2019
Group read refresh
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC4 citations73
US10248499B2Apr 2, 2019
Non-volatile storage system using two pass programming with bit error control
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC4 citations73
US10043558B2Aug 7, 2018
Independent multi-plane read and low latency hybrid read
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC5 citations73
US10026488B2Jul 17, 2018
Non-volatile memory with read disturb detection for open blocks
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC4 citations73
US9971530B1May 15, 2018
Storage system and method for temperature throttling for block reading
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC5 citations73
US9837146B2Dec 5, 2017
Memory system temperature management
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC4 citations71
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