Inventor · Mountain View, CA, US

Niles Yang

46Patents
6h-index
46Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 25, 2013 → Aug 14, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9691473B2 Adaptive operation of 3D memory Physics 10 Active
US9959067B2 Memory block allocation by block health Physics 9 Active
US9349479B1 Boundary word line operation in nonvolatile memory Physics 8 Active
US9659666B2 Dynamic memory recovery at the sub-block level Physics 8 Active
US9229644B2 Targeted copy of data relocation Physics 7 Active
US10613943B2 Method and system for improving open block data reliability Physics 7 Active
US9384845B2 Partial erase of nonvolatile memory blocks Physics 6 Active
US10685722B1 Method and system for improving performance of a storage device using asynchronous independent plane read functionality Physics 6 Active
US10658045B1 Enhanced solid-state drive write performance with background erase Physics 5 Active
US9547571B2 Block behavior tracking in a memory system Physics 5 Active
US10353598B2 System and method for refreshing data in a memory device Physics 5 Active
US9401216B1 Adaptive operation of 3D NAND memory Physics 4 Active
US10559366B2 Boundary word line voltage shift Physics 4 Active
US9569143B1 In block data folding for 3D non-volatile storage Physics 4 Active
US10699776B1 Apparatus and methods for merging post-write read and select gate maintenance operations Physics 3 Active
US9653180B1 System method and apparatus for screening a memory system Physics 3 Active
US11164634B2 Non-volatile storage system with fast SLC operation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US9583207B2 Adaptive data shaping in nonvolatile memory Physics 3 Active
US9239757B2 Method and apparatus for relocating data in non-volatile memory Electricity 2 Active
US10755798B2 Recovering data from a faulty memory block in a memory system Physics 2 Active
US11210001B2 Storage device parameter monitoring for load balancing Physics 2 Active
US9411669B2 Selective sampling of data stored in nonvolatile memory Physics 2 Active
US10790031B1 System handling for first read read disturb Physics 2 Active
US10884628B2 Performance of a read in a memory system Physics 2 Active
US11081187B2 Erase suspend scheme in a storage device Physics 1 Active

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