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Anthony Dwayne Weathers
Also filed as: WEATHERS ANTHONY · WEATHERS ANTHONY D · WEATHERS ANTHONY DWAYNE
31 granted patents·5 pending applications·244 citations·filing 1990–2025
96Inventor score
Files withWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC10MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC5STEC INC5HGST Netherlands BV3HU XINDE3
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36 records- 0197US9720754B2Read level grouping for increased flash performanceHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 1, 2017·40 cites·20 claims
- 0296US10236070B2Read level tracking and optimizationWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 19, 2019·14 cites·25 claims
- 0396US9576671B2Calibrating optimal read levelsHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 21, 2017·29 cites·20 claims
- 0495US8493791B2Word-line inter-cell interference detector in flash systemSTEC INC·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 23, 2013·26 cites·23 claims
- 0593US10566061B2Calibrating optimal read levelsWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2017·Granted Feb 18, 2020·12 cites·20 claims
- 0691US9905302B2Read level grouping algorithms for increased flash performanceWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 27, 2018·14 cites·24 claims
- 0790US11101006B2Read level tracking and optimizationWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2020·Granted Aug 24, 2021·2 cites·20 claims
- 0888US12181971B1Symbol rotation of cache line codewords for increased reliability with metadataMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Dec 31, 2024·2 cites·20 claims
- 0988US8484519B2Optimal programming levels for LDPCWEATHERS ANTHONY D·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 9, 2013·13 cites·23 claims
- 1087US10748628B2Read level tracking and optimizationWESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 18, 2020·3 cites·20 claims
- 1187US8656263B2Trellis-coded modulation in a multi-level cell flash memory deviceHU XINDE·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 18, 2014·11 cites·24 claims
- 1283US8255768B2Interlaced iterative system design for 1K-byte block with 512-byte LDPC codewordsHU XINDE·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 28, 2012·5 cites·20 claims
- 1382US9117529B2Inter-cell interference algorithms for soft decoding of LDPC codesSTEC INC·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 25, 2015·7 cites·30 claims
- 1480US8656256B2Apparatus and method for multi-mode operation of a flash memory deviceWEATHERS ANTHONY D·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 18, 2014·8 cites·20 claims
- 1579US2025390762A1Codes to detect insertion and deletion errors in a dense storage mediumMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 1676US5047767AApparatus utilizing a four state encoder for encoding and decoding A sliding block (1,7) codeEASTMAN KODAK CO·Filed 1990·Granted Sep 10, 1991·45 cites·2 claims
- 1774US11815996B2Method and system for identifying erased memory areasWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2022·Granted Nov 14, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 1873US10510405B2Soft information moduleHGST TECH SANTA ANA INC·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 17, 2019·2 cites·20 claims
- 1973US9136011B2Soft information moduleSTEC INC·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 15, 2015·2 cites·19 claims
- 2073US9135106B2Read level adjustment using soft informationSTEC INC·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 15, 2015·4 cites·19 claims
- 2172US11621043B2Read level tracking and optimizationWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2021·Granted Apr 4, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 2272US11403031B2Systems and methods for encoding and decoding dataMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 2, 2022·2 cites·16 claims
- 2367US11327837B2Method and system for identifying erased memory areasWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2020·Granted May 10, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
- 2467US10387246B2Method and system for scanning for erased flash memory pagesWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 20, 2019·1 cites·21 claims
- 2563US11488673B2Calibrating optimal read levelsWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 1, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
- 2659US12182415B2Encoding system data in parity symbolsMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Dec 31, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 2758US12380338B2Codes to detect insertion and deletion errors in a dense storage mediumMICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Aug 5, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 2854US10884854B2Method and system for identifying erased memory areasWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 5, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 2953US8880976B2Method and apparatus for encoding LBA information into the parity of a LDPC systemWEATHERS ANTHONY·Filed 2010·Granted Nov 4, 2014·2 cites·20 claims
- 3046US9881670B2Soft information moduleHGST TECH SANTA ANA INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 30, 2018·0 cites·20 claims
- 3144US2013047045A1Error indicator from ecc decoderSTEC INC·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
- 3243US9343170B2Word-line inter-cell interference detector in flash systemHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2014·Granted May 17, 2016·0 cites·20 claims
- 3339US2015364202A1Inter-cell interference algorithms for soft decoding of ldpc codesHGST TECHNOLOGIES SANTA ANA INC·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
- 3438US8605501B2System and method for determining data dependent noise calculation for a flash channelHU XINDE·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 10, 2013·0 cites·24 claims
- 3534US2012240007A1Ldpc decoding for solid state storage devicesBARNDT RICHARD D·Filed 2011·Application pending·0 cites
- 3629US2011083058A1Trapping set based ldpc code design and related circuits, systems, and methodsST MICROELECTRONICS INC·Filed 2010·Application pending·0 cites
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