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+ | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. has recently filed several patents related to various aspects of data storage devices and technologies. These patents cover areas such as semiconductor structures, digital signature verification, spin-orbit torque magnetic tunnel junction (SOT MTJ) devices, tape assembly implementation, disk coatings, emergency power-off procedures, motor control modes, lane selection based on thermal conditions, and lane detection and configuration. | ||
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+ | Notable recent patent applications from Western Digital Technologies, Inc. include: | ||
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+ | - A semiconductor structure with alternating layers of insulating and conductive materials, featuring stepped surfaces and a metal oxide etch stop layer. | ||
+ | - A method for verifying the authenticity of a digital signature using elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) and authenticating the use of a message based on this verification. | ||
+ | - An innovation aimed at improving the performance and stability of spin-orbit torque magnetic tunnel junction (SOT MTJ) devices by utilizing specific buffer and interlayer materials. | ||
+ | - A simplified and efficient design for tape assembly in magnetic recording devices, involving mounting reels with hubs and flanges or flangeless hubs. | ||
+ | - A disk for a magnetic recording apparatus with a substrate coated on both surfaces, where the maximum difference in thickness between the coating layers is determined by the square of the disk thickness. | ||
+ | - A data storage device with two read-write heads and two disks, each controlled by separate actuators, and an emergency power-off procedure that retracts and parks the actuators before braking the spindle motor. | ||
+ | - A data storage device with disks and a motor capable of operating in both PWM and linear modes, transitioning between the modes and compensating for a transition offset to move the disk heads to a target track. | ||
+ | - Methods and systems for lane selection based on thermal conditions, where the number of lanes used for communication with the data storage device is reduced to control the thermal state. | ||
+ | - Methods and systems for lane detection and configuration, automatically detecting the orientation of a cable connected to the data storage device and configuring the lane accordingly. | ||
+ | - A storage system that stores data in a primary block and a secondary block, with data and its copy stored in both blocks along with parity bits for error protection, and the primary block lacking a header to increase error protection for the data. | ||
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+ | In summary, Western Digital Technologies, Inc. has recently filed patents covering a range of innovations in data storage devices and technologies, including semiconductor structures, digital signature verification, SOT MTJ devices, tape assembly, disk coatings, emergency power-off procedures, motor control modes, lane selection based on thermal conditions, lane detection and configuration, and storage system designs. | ||
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==Patent applications for Western Digital Technologies, Inc. on November 30th, 2023== | ==Patent applications for Western Digital Technologies, Inc. on November 30th, 2023== | ||
Revision as of 08:51, 6 December 2023
Summary of the patent applications from Western Digital Technologies, Inc. on November 30th, 2023
Western Digital Technologies, Inc. has recently filed several patents related to various aspects of data storage devices and technologies. These patents cover areas such as semiconductor structures, digital signature verification, spin-orbit torque magnetic tunnel junction (SOT MTJ) devices, tape assembly implementation, disk coatings, emergency power-off procedures, motor control modes, lane selection based on thermal conditions, and lane detection and configuration.
Notable recent patent applications from Western Digital Technologies, Inc. include:
- A semiconductor structure with alternating layers of insulating and conductive materials, featuring stepped surfaces and a metal oxide etch stop layer. - A method for verifying the authenticity of a digital signature using elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) and authenticating the use of a message based on this verification. - An innovation aimed at improving the performance and stability of spin-orbit torque magnetic tunnel junction (SOT MTJ) devices by utilizing specific buffer and interlayer materials. - A simplified and efficient design for tape assembly in magnetic recording devices, involving mounting reels with hubs and flanges or flangeless hubs. - A disk for a magnetic recording apparatus with a substrate coated on both surfaces, where the maximum difference in thickness between the coating layers is determined by the square of the disk thickness. - A data storage device with two read-write heads and two disks, each controlled by separate actuators, and an emergency power-off procedure that retracts and parks the actuators before braking the spindle motor. - A data storage device with disks and a motor capable of operating in both PWM and linear modes, transitioning between the modes and compensating for a transition offset to move the disk heads to a target track. - Methods and systems for lane selection based on thermal conditions, where the number of lanes used for communication with the data storage device is reduced to control the thermal state. - Methods and systems for lane detection and configuration, automatically detecting the orientation of a cable connected to the data storage device and configuring the lane accordingly. - A storage system that stores data in a primary block and a secondary block, with data and its copy stored in both blocks along with parity bits for error protection, and the primary block lacking a header to increase error protection for the data.
In summary, Western Digital Technologies, Inc. has recently filed patents covering a range of innovations in data storage devices and technologies, including semiconductor structures, digital signature verification, SOT MTJ devices, tape assembly, disk coatings, emergency power-off procedures, motor control modes, lane selection based on thermal conditions, lane detection and configuration, and storage system designs.
Contents
- 1 Patent applications for Western Digital Technologies, Inc. on November 30th, 2023
- 1.1 COAL-BASED SOLID WASTE TRANSPORT AND FILLING INTEGRATED MACHINE MINING SYSTEM AND METHOD (18227411)
- 1.2 Storage System and Method for Data Placement in Zoned Storage (17860548)
- 1.3 Data Storage Device and Method for Device-Initiated Hibernation (17752305)
- 1.4 Storage System and Method for Hybrid Mapping (17752470)
- 1.5 DATA STORAGE DEVICE WITH MULTI-COMMANDS (17825824)
- 1.6 Storage System and Method for Using a Queue Monitor in a Block Allocation Process (17828285)
- 1.7 Storage System and Method for Early Command Cancelation (17828489)
- 1.8 Data Storage Device and Method for Storage-Class-Memory-Accelerated Boot Partition Optimization (17752264)
- 1.9 Variable Length ECC Code According To Data Entropy In NVMe Key Value Pair Devices (17827193)
- 1.10 PROACTIVE LOSS NOTIFICATION AND HANDLING IN DATA STORAGE DEVICES (17752771)
- 1.11 Efficient Logical to Physical Mapping Updates (18316664)
- 1.12 Storage System and Method for Avoiding Header to Improve Parity (17824066)
- 1.13 Data Storage Device and Method for Lane Detection and Configuration (17828334)
- 1.14 Data Storage Device and Method for Lane Selection Based on Thermal Conditions (17828368)
- 1.15 VCM PWM TO LINEAR MODE TRANSITION OFFSET OPTIMIZATION TO IMPROVE PES (18446612)
- 1.16 DATA STORAGE DEVICE HAVING DUAL ACTUATORS AND METHOD FOR EMERGENCY POWER OFF RETRACT (EPOR) OF DUAL ACTUATORS (18446637)
- 1.17 MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS COMPRISING DISK WITH REDUCED THICKNESS AND REDUCED DISK FLATNESS (18233497)
- 1.18 Tape Assemblies Having Flangeless Reel Configurations and Single Flange Reel Configurations For Magnetic Recording Devices (17824745)
- 1.19 Buffer Layers And Interlayers That Promote BiSbx (012) Alloy Orientation For SOT And MRAM Devices (18232256)
- 1.20 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF IMPROVED MODULAR INVERSION WITH DIGITAL SIGNATURES (17827692)
- 1.21 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING A METAL OXIDE ETCH STOP LAYER AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME (18233697)
Patent applications for Western Digital Technologies, Inc. on November 30th, 2023
COAL-BASED SOLID WASTE TRANSPORT AND FILLING INTEGRATED MACHINE MINING SYSTEM AND METHOD (18227411)
Main Inventor
Feisheng Feng
Storage System and Method for Data Placement in Zoned Storage (17860548)
Main Inventor
Rotem Sela
Data Storage Device and Method for Device-Initiated Hibernation (17752305)
Main Inventor
Judah Gamliel Hahn
Storage System and Method for Hybrid Mapping (17752470)
Main Inventor
Ran Zamir
DATA STORAGE DEVICE WITH MULTI-COMMANDS (17825824)
Main Inventor
Dinesh Kumar Agarwal
Storage System and Method for Using a Queue Monitor in a Block Allocation Process (17828285)
Main Inventor
Kalpit Bordia
Storage System and Method for Early Command Cancelation (17828489)
Main Inventor
Amir Segev
Data Storage Device and Method for Storage-Class-Memory-Accelerated Boot Partition Optimization (17752264)
Main Inventor
Judah Gamliel Hahn
Variable Length ECC Code According To Data Entropy In NVMe Key Value Pair Devices (17827193)
Main Inventor
David AVRAHAM
PROACTIVE LOSS NOTIFICATION AND HANDLING IN DATA STORAGE DEVICES (17752771)
Main Inventor
Bhavya Krishna
Efficient Logical to Physical Mapping Updates (18316664)
Main Inventor
Dinesh Kumar Agarwal
Storage System and Method for Avoiding Header to Improve Parity (17824066)
Main Inventor
Arunkumar Mani
Data Storage Device and Method for Lane Detection and Configuration (17828334)
Main Inventor
Anil Kumar Kolar Narayanappa
Data Storage Device and Method for Lane Selection Based on Thermal Conditions (17828368)
Main Inventor
Ramanathan Muthiah
VCM PWM TO LINEAR MODE TRANSITION OFFSET OPTIMIZATION TO IMPROVE PES (18446612)
Main Inventor
Jaesoo Byoun
DATA STORAGE DEVICE HAVING DUAL ACTUATORS AND METHOD FOR EMERGENCY POWER OFF RETRACT (EPOR) OF DUAL ACTUATORS (18446637)
Main Inventor
Brian Johnson
MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS COMPRISING DISK WITH REDUCED THICKNESS AND REDUCED DISK FLATNESS (18233497)
Main Inventor
Shoji Suzuki
Tape Assemblies Having Flangeless Reel Configurations and Single Flange Reel Configurations For Magnetic Recording Devices (17824745)
Main Inventor
Erhard SCHRECK
Buffer Layers And Interlayers That Promote BiSbx (012) Alloy Orientation For SOT And MRAM Devices (18232256)
Main Inventor
Quang LE
SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF IMPROVED MODULAR INVERSION WITH DIGITAL SIGNATURES (17827692)
Main Inventor
Ishai Ilani
THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING A METAL OXIDE ETCH STOP LAYER AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME (18233697)
Main Inventor
Mitsuhiro Togo