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Apparatus and method of scheduling universal flash storage refresh operations according to a refresh handover mechanism

US10725706B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

Madhu Yashwanth Boenapalli · Hyderabad, IN
Hyunsuk Shin · San Diego, US
Surendra Paravada · Hyderabad, IN
Sai Praneeth Sreeram · Anantapur, IN
Venu Madhav Mokkapati · Hyderabad, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 23, 2019
Grant date	Jul 28, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 23, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/004
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of scheduling universal flash storage (UFS) operations using a refresh handover mechanism is described. The method includes receiving, during refresh of a UFS device, a request for an input/output (I/O) operation. The method also includes handing over between a first type of refresh operation and a second type of refresh operation in response to the request for the I/O operation.

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