Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Mrinal Kochar

29Patents
7h-index
46Co-inventors
61Inventor score

Filing activity: May 5, 2011 → Aug 17, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8379454B2 Detection of broken word-lines in memory arrays Physics 45 Active
US8566671B1 Configurable accelerated post-write read to manage errors Physics 35 Active
US9530517B2 Read disturb detection in open blocks Physics 15 Active
US9548129B2 Word line look ahead read for word line to word line short detection Physics 10 Active
US9361991B1 Efficient scanning of nonvolatile memory blocks Physics 10 Active
US9312026B2 Zoned erase verify in three dimensional nonvolatile memory Electricity 8 Active
US10014056B1 Changing storage parameters Physics 7 Active
US9229644B2 Targeted copy of data relocation Physics 7 Active
US9728262B2 Non-volatile memory systems with multi-write direction memory units Physics 7 Active
US9460780B2 Initialization techniques for multi-level memory cells using multi-pass programming Physics 7 Active
US10372342B2 Multi-level cell solid state device and method for transferring data between a host and the multi-level cell solid state device Physics 6 Active
US8953398B2 Block level grading for reliability and yield improvement Physics 5 Active
US9235470B2 Adaptive EPWR (enhanced post write read) scheduling Physics 5 Active
US9372629B2 System, method and apparatus for preventing data loss due to memory defects using latches Physics 4 Active
US9009398B2 Write operations for defect management in nonvolatile memory Physics 4 Active
US9804922B2 Partial bad block detection and re-use using EPWR for block based architectures Physics 4 Active
US9218242B2 Write operations for defect management in nonvolatile memory Physics 4 Active
US10459785B2 Error detection for training non-volatile memories Physics 2 Active
US10373696B2 Methods and operations using XNOR functions with flash devices and solid state drives Physics 2 Active
US9858009B2 Data folding in 3D nonvolatile memory Physics 2 Active
US9548105B1 Enhanced post-write read for 3-D memory Physics 2 Active
US9195587B2 Enhanced dynamic read process with single-level cell segmentation Physics 2 Active
US9760303B2 Partially-bad block operation in 3-D nonvolatile memory Physics 2 Active
US9977628B2 Storage module and method for configuring the storage module with memory operation parameters Physics 2 Active
US9792175B2 Bad column management in nonvolatile memory Physics 2 Active

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