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SPROUSE STEVEN T
US44 patents
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SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC
19 patentsUS8634248B1Jan 21, 2014
On-device data analytics using NAND flash based intelligent memory
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC96 citations98
US8634247B1Jan 21, 2014
NAND flash based content addressable memory
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC62 citations98
US8817541B2Aug 26, 2014
Data search using bloom filters and NAND based content addressable memory
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC50 citations94
US9116796B2Aug 25, 2015
Key-value addressed storage drive using NAND flash based content addressable memory
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC18 citations93
US9104551B2Aug 11, 2015
NAND flash based content addressable memory
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC19 citations93
US9098403B2Aug 4, 2015
NAND flash based content addressable memory
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC23 citations93
US8902652B1Dec 2, 2014
Systems and methods for lower page writes
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC26 citations93
US8780634B2Jul 15, 2014
CAM NAND with OR function and full chip search capability
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC30 citations93
US8780635B2Jul 15, 2014
Use of bloom filter and improved program algorithm for increased data protection in CAM NAND memory
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC29 citations93
US8780633B2Jul 15, 2014
De-duplication system using NAND flash based content addressable memory
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC23 citations93
US8773909B2Jul 8, 2014
CAM NAND with or function and full chip search capability
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC22 citations93
US8811085B2Aug 19, 2014
On-device data analytics using NAND flash based intelligent memory
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC20 citations92
US8792279B2Jul 29, 2014
Architectures for data analytics using computational NAND memory
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC27 citations91
US9355713B2May 31, 2016
Systems and methods for lower page writes
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC8 citations84
US9218881B2Dec 22, 2015
Flash memory blocks with extended data retention
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC11 citations84
US9171620B2Oct 27, 2015
Weighted read scrub for nonvolatile memory
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC6 citations84
US9182928B2Nov 10, 2015
Lower page only host burst writes
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC4 citations72
US9244631B2Jan 26, 2016
Lower page only host burst writes
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC2 citations62
US9342401B2May 17, 2016
Selective in-situ retouching of data in nonvolatile memory
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC1 citations52
SANDISK CORP
7 patentsUS7581967B2Sep 1, 2009
Connector with ESD protection
SANDISK CORP43 citations91
US7416419B2Aug 26, 2008
Methods for ESD protection
SANDISK CORP43 citations91
US7697325B2Apr 13, 2010
Non-volatile memory cell endurance using data encoding
SANDISK CORP19 citations89
US7599241B2Oct 6, 2009
Enhanced write abort mechanism for non-volatile memory
SANDISK CORP7 citations73
US7642873B2Jan 5, 2010
Method for enabling an oscillator circuit using transition detection
SANDISK CORP2 citations63
US7898091B2Mar 1, 2011
Multi-host interface controller with USB PHY/analog functions integrated in a single package
SANDISK CORP3 citations62
US7642874B2Jan 5, 2010
Oscillator circuit with transition detection enable
SANDISK CORP1 citations52
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
5 patentsUS10127150B2Nov 13, 2018
Key value addressed storage drive using NAND flash based content addressable memory
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC20 citations94
US9760307B2Sep 12, 2017
Weighted read scrub for nonvolatile memory including memory holes
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC3 citations73
US9768808B2Sep 19, 2017
Method for modifying device-specific variable error correction settings
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC5 citations72
US10684794B2Jun 16, 2020
Distributed power management for non-volatile memory controllers
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC4 citations70
US10509591B2Dec 17, 2019
Distributed power management for non-volatile memory controllers using average and peak power credits allocated to memory channels
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC3 citations70
SPROUSE STEVEN T
3 patentsUS9053808B2Jun 9, 2015
Flash memory with targeted read scrub algorithm
SPROUSE STEVEN T343 citations98
US8688940B2Apr 1, 2014
Method for using a CAPTCHA challenge to protect a removable mobile flash memory storage device
SPROUSE STEVEN T4 citations72
US8848445B2Sep 30, 2014
System and method for minimizing write amplification while maintaining sequential performance using logical group striping in a multi-bank system
SPROUSE STEVEN T3 citations60
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
3 patentsUS10218789B2Feb 26, 2019
Erasure correcting coding using temporary erasure data
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC13 citations82
US12530289B2Jan 20, 2026
Memory die with on-chip binary vector database search
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations51
US12360672B2Jul 15, 2025
Memory die with on-chip binary vector database search
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations51