Inventor · San Diego, CA, US

Robert W. Ellis

95Patents
12h-index
53Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 2, 1979 → Aug 4, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8185778B2 Flash management using separate metadata storage Physics 79 Active
US8180954B2 Flash management using logical page size Physics 75 Active
US8566505B2 Flash management using sequential techniques Physics 70 Active
US4970466A TDR cable testing apparatus with pulse timing manipulation to automatically compensate for diverse cable characteristics Physics 69 Expired
US8028123B2 Circular wear leveling Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Active
US8891303B1 Method and system for dynamic word line based configuration of a three-dimensional memory device Electricity 32 Active
US9093160B1 Methods and systems for staggered memory operations Physics 28 Active
USD268931S Keyloader module for encryption systems or similar article General 28 Expired
US9070481B1 Internal current measurement for age measurements Physics 24 Active
US9244519B1 Storage system with data transfer rate adjustment for power throttling Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Active
US7925847B2 Method and apparatus for adjusting timing signal between media controller and storage media Physics 20 Active
US9239781B2 Storage control system with erase block mechanism and method of operation thereof Physics 15 Active
US9715939B2 Low read data storage management Physics 12 Active
US6148532A Flatness gage Physics 10 Expired
US8909851B2 Storage control system with change logging mechanism and method of operation thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US8908443B1 Storage device and method for performing a self-refresh operation Physics 9 Active
US7512751B2 Method and apparatus for adjusting timing signal between media controller and storage media Physics 9 Active
US9485851B2 Thermal tube assembly structures Electricity 7 Active
US9575677B2 Storage system power management using controlled execution of pending memory commands Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US9543025B2 Storage control system with power-off time estimation mechanism and method of operation thereof Physics 6 Active
US9582211B2 Throttling command execution in non-volatile memory systems based on power usage Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US9367353B1 Storage control system with power throttling mechanism and method of operation thereof Physics 6 Active
US9348377B2 Thermal isolation techniques Electricity 6 Active
US9519319B2 Self-supporting thermal tube structure for electronic assemblies Electricity 6 Active
US9582058B2 Power inrush management of storage devices Physics 5 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.