Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Steven T. Sprouse

84Patents
19h-index
85Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 18, 2003 → Dec 1, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9053808B2 Flash memory with targeted read scrub algorithm Physics 327 Active
US8634248B1 On-device data analytics using NAND flash based intelligent memory Physics 92 Active
US9176864B2 Non-volatile memory and method having block management with hot/cold data sorting Physics 72 Active
US9043517B1 Multipass programming in buffers implemented in non-volatile data storage systems Physics 51 Active
US8634247B1 NAND flash based content addressable memory Physics 45 Active
US8817541B2 Data search using bloom filters and NAND based content addressable memory Physics 43 Active
US8891303B1 Method and system for dynamic word line based configuration of a three-dimensional memory device Electricity 32 Active
US7416419B2 Methods for ESD protection Electricity 28 Active
US9176862B2 SLC-MLC wear balancing Physics 26 Active
US9384126B1 Methods and systems to avoid false negative results in bloom filters implemented in non-volatile data storage systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Active
US7581967B2 Connector with ESD protection Electricity 25 Active
US8780634B2 CAM NAND with OR function and full chip search capability Physics 25 Active
US8792279B2 Architectures for data analytics using computational NAND memory Physics 23 Active
US8780635B2 Use of bloom filter and improved program algorithm for increased data protection in CAM NAND memory Physics 22 Active
US8180994B2 Optimized page programming order for non-volatile memory Physics 21 Active
US8780632B2 De-duplication techniques using NAND flash based content addressable memory Physics 20 Active
US8773909B2 CAM NAND with or function and full chip search capability Physics 19 Active
US6794997B2 Extending non-volatile memory endurance using data encoding Electricity 19 Expired
US9098403B2 NAND flash based content addressable memory Physics 19 Active
US8780633B2 De-duplication system using NAND flash based content addressable memory Physics 19 Active
US9524235B1 Local hash value generation in non-volatile data storage systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Active
US8626986B2 Pre-emptive garbage collection of memory blocks Physics 18 Active
US9092340B2 Method and system for achieving die parallelism through block interleaving Physics 17 Active
US8811085B2 On-device data analytics using NAND flash based intelligent memory Physics 17 Active
US8902652B1 Systems and methods for lower page writes Physics 15 Active

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