SK Hynix Assigned Eleven Patents

Data storage device
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (9,998,151) developed by Kim, Do Hun, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, for a “data storage device and operating method thereof.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method for operating a data storage device including a nonvolatile memory device and first and second type decoders includes: obtaining a plurality entry values of total power consumption value of the first and second type decoders respectively based on a plurality entry values of decoding performance information of the first type decoders, choosing a minimum value among the plurality entry values of total power consumption value, generating first and second decoding control information according to the minimum value in order to control the first and second type decoders, updating the decoding performance information at each of the decoding operations of the first and second type decoders, and repeating the obtaining of the total power consumption value, the choosing of the minimum value, and the generating of the first and second decoding control information based on the updated decoding performance information.”

The patent application was filed on June 16, 2016 (15/184,438).

Cyclically interleaved XOR array for error recovery
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (9,996,285) developed by Kang, Jingyu, San Jose, CA, Wang, Chung-Li, Fremont, CA, Wang, Cai, and Zhang, Yibo, San Jose, CA, for a “cyclically interleaved XOR array for error recovery.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Memory systems may include a memory storage including at least a first stripe and a second stripe, the first stripe including data pages corresponding to the first stripe and a first parity page suitable for storing a first XOR parity, and the second stripe including data pages corresponding to the second stripe and a second parity page suitable for storing a second XOR parity, the data pages and parity pages being stored over a plurality of memory dies, wherein each memory die includes a number of planes, and a controller suitable for cyclically interleaving the data pages corresponding to the first stripe and the data pages corresponding to the second stripe.”

The patent application was filed on November 8, 2016 (15/346,103).

Memory system
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (9,990,283) developed by Lee, Do-Yun, Kim, Min-Chang, Kim, Chang-Hyun, Lee, Yong-Woo, Lee, Jae-Jin, and Jung, Hoe-Kwon, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, for a “memory system.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A memory system includes: a first memory device including a plurality of first memories and a first memory controller suitable for controlling the plurality of first memories to store data, a second memory device including a second memory and a second memory controller suitable for controlling the second memory to store data, and a processor suitable for executing an operating system, (OS) and an application to access a data storage memory through the first and second memory devices.”

The patent application was filed on October 12, 2016 (15/291,834).

Memory system
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (9,990,143) developed by Lee, Do-Yun, Kim, Min-Chang, Kim, Chang-Hyun, Lee, Yong-Woo, Lee, Jae-Jin, and Jung, Hoe-Kwon, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, for a “memory system.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A memory system includes: a first memory device including a first memory and a first memory controller suitable for controlling the first memory to store data, a second memory device including a second memory and a second memory controller suitable for controlling the second memory to store data, and a processor suitable for executing an operating system, (OS) and an application, and accessing data storage memory through the first and second memory devices.”

The patent application was filed on October 12, 2016 (15/291,902).

Data storage device
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (9,977,735) developed by Lee, Keun Woo, and Han, Jong Hee, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, for a “data storage device and operating method thereof.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “An operating method of a data storage device includes setting a first page access unit using a first page electrically coupled with a first word line of a first plane and a second page electrically coupled with a second word line of a second plane, and setting a second page access unit using a third page electrically coupled with a second word line of the first plane and a fourth page electrically coupled with a first word line of the second plane.”

The patent application was filed on May 18, 2015 (14/715,245).

Memory system
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (9,977,606) developed by Kim, Min-Chang, Kim, Chang-Hyun, Lee, Do-Yun, Lee, Yong-Woo, Lee, Jae-Jin, and Jung, Hoe-Kwon, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, for a “memory system.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A memory system includes: a first memory device including a first memory and a first memory controller suitable for controlling the first memory to store data, a second memory device including a second memory and a second memory controller suitable for controlling the second memory to store data, and a processor suitable for executing an operating system, (OS) and an application to access a data storage memory through the first and second memory devices.”

The patent application was filed on October 13, 2016 (15/292,481).

Memory system
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (9,977,605) developed by Kim, Min-Chang, Kim, Chang-Hyun, Lee, Do-Yun, Lee, Jae-Jin, and Jung, Hoe-Kwon, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, for a “memory system.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A memory system includes: a first memory device including a first memory and a first memory controller suitable for controlling the first memory to store data, a second memory device including a second memory and a second memory controller suitable for controlling the second memory to store data, and a processor suitable for executing an operating system, (OS) and an application to access a data storage memory through the first and second memory devices.”

The patent application was filed on October 13, 2016 (15/292,314).

Memory system
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (9,977,604) developed by Kim, Min-Chang, Kim, Chang-Hyun, Lee, Do-Yun, Lee, Jae-Jin, and Jung, Hoe-Kwon, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, for a “memory system.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A memory system includes: a first memory device including a first memory and a first memory controller suitable for controlling the first memory to store data, a second memory device including a second memory and a second memory controller suitable for controlling the second memory to store data, and a processor suitable for executing an operating system, OS) and an application, and accessing data storage memory through the first and second memory devices.”

The patent application was filed on October 12, 2016 (15/291,795).

Data storage device
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (9,966,148) developed by Kim, Min Kee, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, for a “data storage device and operating method thereof.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A data storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device including word lines each including one or more pages, and a controller suitable for, in the case where recovery is made to a normal state from a power-off state, searching a word line including an erased page among the word lines, and selecting, when all pages of the word line including the erased page are erased pages, the corresponding word line as a reliability verification word line.”

The patent application was filed on February 22, 2017 (15/438,906).

Data storage device
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (9,966,135) developed by Ahn, Soo Hong, and Park, Il, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, for a “data storage device and operating method thereof.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A data storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device including a reference memory region and a normal memory region, and suitable for determining whether to perform a refresh operation, based on the reference memory region, and a controller suitable for determining a first memory region in the normal memory region based on wear leveling operation data, and controlling the nonvolatile memory device to perform the refresh operation for a second memory region excluding the first memory region in the normal memory region.”

The patent application was filed on February 8, 2017 (15/427,221).

Memory system for controlling input command priority
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, Korea, has been assigned a patent (9,965,221) developed by Jung, Byung-Soo, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, for a “memory system for controlling input command priority and operation method.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A memory system may include: a controller suitable for checking a priority information on a plurality of input commands, storing the input commands having a high priority information as a first command in a first command storage unit, and storing the input commands having a low priority information as a second command in a second command storage unit, and one or more memory device suitable for operating in response to the input commands stored in the first or second command storage units.”

The patent application was filed on May 17, 2016 (15/157,234).