LG Innotek Assigned Patent

LG Innotek Co., Ltd., Seoul, Korea, has been assigned a patent (12009035) developed by Shin; Sang Hoon, and Nam; Hyoung Ki, Seoul, Korea, for “apparatus for controlling NAND flash memory device and method for controlling same.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A control apparatus for a NAND flash memory device according to an embodiment includes a NAND flash memory; a controller configured to generate a command signal to program, read, and erase data in the NAND flash memory; and an auxiliary power circuit configured to maintain power for operating the memory and the controller during a first time from a first time point when a voltage of a supply power is less than a preset voltage, wherein the controller is configured to block the command signal during the first time, and wherein power supplied to the memory is blocked for at least a second time from a second time point after the first time.”

The patent application was filed on 2020-10-05 (17/766028).