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Alan Welsh Sinclair
Also filed as: SINCLAIR ALAN · SINCLAIR ALAN W · SINCLAIR ALAN WELSH
90 granted patents·19 pending applications·5,539 citations·filing 1974–2017
99Inventor score
Files withSANDISK CORP31SINCLAIR ALAN W23SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC15SINCLAIR ALAN WELSH12LEXAR MEDIA INC6
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109 records- 0199US10133490B2System and method for managing extended maintenance scheduling in a non-volatile memorySANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 20, 2018·96 cites·20 claims
- 0299US10120613B2System and method for rescheduling host and maintenance operations in a non-volatile memorySANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 6, 2018·94 cites·16 claims
- 0399US9778855B2System and method for precision interleaving of data writes in a non-volatile memorySANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 3, 2017·90 cites·20 claims
- 0499US9734911B2Method and system for asynchronous die operations in a non-volatile memorySINCLAIR ALAN WELSH·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 15, 2017·129 cites·20 claims
- 0599US8375146B2Ring bus structure and its use in flash memory systemsSANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 12, 2013·321 cites·37 claims
- 0699US7984084B2Non-volatile memory with scheduled reclaim operationsSANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 19, 2011·130 cites·7 claims
- 0799US7610437B2Data consolidation and garbage collection in direct data file storage memoriesSANDISK CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 27, 2009·118 cites·11 claims
- 0899US7450420B2Reclaiming data storage capacity in flash memoriesSANDISK CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 11, 2008·135 cites·14 claims
- 0998US9734050B2Method and system for managing background operations in a multi-layer memorySINCLAIR ALAN WELSH·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 15, 2017·93 cites·16 claims
- 1098US9465731B2Multi-layer non-volatile memory system having multiple partitions in a layerSINCLAIR ALAN WELSH·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 11, 2016·95 cites·15 claims
- 1198US9348746B2Method and system for managing block reclaim operations in a multi-layer memorySINCLAIR ALAN WELSH·Filed 2013·Granted May 24, 2016·94 cites·14 claims
- 1298US9336133B2Method and system for managing program cycles including maintenance programming operations in a multi-layer memorySANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2013·Granted May 10, 2016·92 cites·16 claims
- 1398US9223693B2Memory system having an unequal number of memory die on different control channelsSINCLAIR ALAN WELSH·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 29, 2015·101 cites·21 claims
- 1498US8873284B2Method and system for program scheduling in a multi-layer memorySINCLAIR ALAN WELSH·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 28, 2014·99 cites·20 claims
- 1598US7552271B2Nonvolatile memory with block managementSANDISK CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 23, 2009·120 cites·4 claims
- 1698US7529905B2Method of storing transformed units of data in a memory system having fixed sized storage blocksSANDISK CORP·Filed 2005·Granted May 5, 2009·138 cites·15 claims
- 1798US7409489B2Scheduling of reclaim operations in non-volatile memorySANDISK CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 5, 2008·67 cites·13 claims
- 1898US7310699B2Mass storage acceleratorSANDISK CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 18, 2007·95 cites·15 claims
- 1998US7139864B2Non-volatile memory and method with block management systemSANDISK CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 21, 2006·202 cites·32 claims
- 2097US8214583B2Direct file data programming and deletion in flash memoriesSINCLAIR ALAN W·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 3, 2012·54 cites·28 claims
- 2197US7441067B2Cyclic flash memory wear levelingSANDISK CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 21, 2008·307 cites·1 claims
- 2297US7340581B2Method of writing data to non-volatile memoryLEXAR MEDIA INC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 4, 2008·127 cites·10 claims
- 2397US6725321B1Memory systemLEXAR MEDIA INC·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 20, 2004·407 cites·13 claims
- 2496US8291151B2Enhanced host interfaceSINCLAIR ALAN WELSH·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 16, 2012·38 cites·20 claims
- 2596US8055832B2Management of memory blocks that directly store data filesSANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 8, 2011·29 cites·20 claims
- 2696US7669003B2Reprogrammable non-volatile memory systems with indexing of directly stored data filesSANDISK CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 23, 2010·50 cites·6 claims
- 2796US7590795B2Flash memory systems utilizing direct data file storageSANDISK CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 15, 2009·28 cites·7 claims
- 2896US7127549B2Disk acceleration using first and second storage devicesSANDISK CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 24, 2006·118 cites·21 claims
- 2996US6711059B2Memory controllerLEXAR MEDIA INC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 23, 2004·153 cites·3 claims
- 3096US6490649B2Memory deviceLEXAR MEDIA INC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 3, 2002·145 cites·4 claims
- 3194US8700961B2Controller and method for virtual LUN assignment for improved memory bank mappingLASSA PAUL A·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 15, 2014·24 cites·20 claims
- 3294US8537613B2Multi-layer memory systemSINCLAIR ALAN WELSH·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 17, 2013·22 cites·24 claims
- 3394US8473669B2Method and system for concurrent background and foreground operations in a non-volatile memory arraySINCLAIR ALAN W·Filed 2009·Granted Jun 25, 2013·43 cites·26 claims
- 3494US7984233B2Direct data file storage implementation techniques in flash memoriesSANDISK CORP·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 19, 2011·23 cites·29 claims
- 3594US7877540B2Logically-addressed file storage methodsSANDISK CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 25, 2011·42 cites·18 claims
- 3694US7395384B2Method and apparatus for maintaining data on non-volatile memory systemsSANDISK CORPROATION·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 1, 2008·108 cites·17 claims
- 3794US6069827AMemory systemMEMORY CORP PLC·Filed 1998·Granted May 30, 2000·264 cites·12 claims
- 3893US8694722B2Memory systemsMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 8, 2014·14 cites·20 claims
- 3993US7877539B2Direct data file storage in flash memoriesSANDISK CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 25, 2011·38 cites·25 claims
- 4093US7747837B2Method and system for accessing non-volatile storage devicesSANDISK CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 29, 2010·28 cites·29 claims
- 4193US7136973B2Dual media storage deviceSANDISK CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 14, 2006·70 cites·18 claims
- 4293US6345367B1Defective memory block handling system by addressing a group of memory blocks for erasure and changing the content therewithMEMQUEST INC·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 5, 2002·119 cites·9 claims
- 4392US7814262B2Memory system storing transformed units of data in fixed sized storage blocksSANDISK CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 12, 2010·31 cites·14 claims
- 4492US7562181B2Flash memory systems with direct data file storage utilizing data consolidation and garbage collectionSANDISK CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 14, 2009·16 cites·9 claims
- 4591US8429352B2Method and system for memory block flushingSINCLAIR ALAN W·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 23, 2013·24 cites·24 claims
- 4691US6285607B1Memory systemMEMORY CORP PLC·Filed 1999·Granted Sep 4, 2001·98 cites·12 claims
- 4790US8239639B2Method and apparatus for providing data type and host file information to a mass storage systemSINCLAIR ALAN W·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 7, 2012·22 cites·16 claims
- 4890US7433993B2Adaptive metablocksSANDISK CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 7, 2008·59 cites·8 claims
- 4989US7302534B2Dual media storage deviceSANDISK CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 27, 2007·17 cites·20 claims
- 5089US4060591AContinuous process for recovering pure, concentrated ammoniaMETALLGESELLSCHAFT AG·Filed 1976·Granted Nov 29, 1977·40 cites·17 claims
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