Inventor
HIGGINS JAMES M
US31 patents
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SANDISK ENTPR IP LLC
10 patentsUS8891303B1Nov 18, 2014
Method and system for dynamic word line based configuration of a three-dimensional memory device
SANDISK ENTPR IP LLC48 citations97
US9093160B1Jul 28, 2015
Methods and systems for staggered memory operations
SANDISK ENTPR IP LLC46 citations94
US9070481B1Jun 30, 2015
Internal current measurement for age measurements
SANDISK ENTPR IP LLC33 citations94
US9652381B2May 16, 2017
Sub-block garbage collection
SANDISK ENTPR IP LLC18 citations84
US9582211B2Feb 28, 2017
Throttling command execution in non-volatile memory systems based on power usage
SANDISK ENTPR IP LLC7 citations84
US9152555B2Oct 6, 2015
Data management with modular erase in a data storage system
SANDISK ENTPR IP LLC8 citations84
US9575677B2Feb 21, 2017
Storage system power management using controlled execution of pending memory commands
SANDISK ENTPR IP LLC8 citations83
US9747157B2Aug 29, 2017
Method and system for improving error correction in data storage
SANDISK ENTPR IP LLC2 citations73
US9645744B2May 9, 2017
Suspending and resuming non-volatile memory operations
SANDISK ENTPR IP LLC2 citations72
US9606882B2Mar 28, 2017
Methods and systems for die failure testing
SANDISK ENTPR IP LLC1 citations48
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
9 patentsUS9715939B2Jul 25, 2017
Low read data storage management
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC17 citations84
US9778878B2Oct 3, 2017
Method and system for limiting write command execution
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC17 citations79
US9665295B2May 30, 2017
Data storage system with dynamic erase block grouping mechanism and method of operation thereof
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC5 citations73
US10481830B2Nov 19, 2019
Selectively throttling host reads for read disturbs in non-volatile memory system
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC2 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
US9779823B2Oct 3, 2017
Secure erase of non-volatile memory
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC2 citations69
US9904621B2Feb 27, 2018
Methods and systems for flash buffer sizing
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC0 citations42
US10339044B2Jul 2, 2019
Method and system for blending data reclamation and data integrity garbage collection
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC0 citations41
SMART STORAGE SYSTEMS INC
7 patentsUS9543025B2Jan 10, 2017
Storage control system with power-off time estimation mechanism and method of operation thereof
SMART STORAGE SYSTEMS INC7 citations84
US9146850B2Sep 29, 2015
Data storage system with dynamic read threshold mechanism and method of operation thereof
SMART STORAGE SYSTEMS INC6 citations84
US9431113B2Aug 30, 2016
Data storage system with dynamic erase block grouping mechanism and method of operation thereof
SMART STORAGE SYSTEMS INC3 citations73
US9361222B2Jun 7, 2016
Electronic system with storage drive life estimation mechanism and method of operation thereof
SMART STORAGE SYSTEMS INC3 citations72
US9183137B2Nov 10, 2015
Storage control system with data management mechanism and method of operation thereof
SMART STORAGE SYSTEMS INC4 citations72
US9448946B2Sep 20, 2016
Data storage system with stale data mechanism and method of operation thereof
SMART STORAGE SYSTEMS INC2 citations53
US10546648B2Jan 28, 2020
Storage control system with data management mechanism and method of operation thereof
SMART STORAGE SYSTEMS INC0 citations41
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
4 patentsUS10115437B1Oct 30, 2018
Storage system and method for die-based data retention recycling
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC9 citations81
US10559329B2Feb 11, 2020
Storage system and method for die-based data retention recycling
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations70
US10459786B2Oct 29, 2019
Scaling large drives using enhanced DRAM ECC
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC1 citations60
US10872638B2Dec 22, 2020
Data storage system and method based on data temperature
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations49