ROBERT WILLIAM ELLIS
Pilots at San Miguel Ave, Phoenix, AZ

7512751, Mar 31, 2009

Jan 26, 2005

11/043709

Robert W. Ellis - Phoenix AZ, US
Kevin L. Kilzer - Chandler AR, US
Daniel P. Fogelson - Chandler AZ, US
Alan A. Fitzgerald - Gilbert AZ, US

Adtron Corporation - Phoenix AZ

G06F 12/00

711154, 710 23

A storage system controller () includes a plurality of media controllers (), a local microprocessor (), and a host interface logic (), operably coupled by a multi-drop parallel bus. The multi-drop parallel bus includes a control bus (), a payload data bus (), a real-time ready-status (data ready) signaling bus () and a general microprocessor bus (). Each media controller has a storage media () operably coupled thereto. Each media controller includes a parameter storage (), a media interface circuit (), a control data state machine (), a command sequencer state machine (), a media-side multi-mode transfer state machine (), a dual-port memory (), a memory controller (), and a host-side transfer state machine (). The host interface logic and the media controllers are implemented in one or more Field Programmable Gate Arrays. The storage system architecture allows the microprocessor to simultaneously broadcast a command to the media controllers, which have a capability to substantially simultaneously begin exchanging data with the storage media in response to the command.

2003021, Nov 13, 2003

Aug 12, 2002

10/217167

Robert Ellis - Phoenix AZ, US
Kevin Kilzer - Chandler AZ, US
Daniel Fogelson - Chandler AZ, US
Alan Fitzgerald - Gilbert AZ, US

G06F012/00

711/114000, 711/154000, 711/131000

A storage system controller () includes a plurality of media controllers (), a local microprocessor (), and a host interface logic (), operably coupled by a multi-drop parallel bus. The multi-drop parallel bus includes a control bus (), a payload data bus (), a real-time ready-status (data ready) signaling bus () and a general microprocessor bus (). Each media controller has a storage media () operably coupled thereto. Each media controller includes a parameter storage (), a media interface circuit (), a control data state machine (), a command sequencer state machine (), a media-side multi-mode transfer state machine (), a dual-port memory (), a memory controller (), and a host-side transfer state machine (). The host interface logic and the media controllers are implemented in one or more Field Programmable Gate Arrays. The storage system architecture allows the microprocessor to simultaneously broadcast a command to the media controllers, which have a capability to substantially simultaneously begin exchanging data with the storage media in response to the command. The storage system has provision for Redundant Array of Independent Disks, method 0, operation.

2013033, Dec 12, 2013

Jun 11, 2012

13/493949

Robert W. Ellis - Phoenix AZ, US

SMART Storage Systems, Inc. - Chandler AZ

G06F 12/00, G06F 11/10, H03M 13/05

714763, 711154, 711E12001, 714E11034

A method of operation of a storage control system includes: generating encoded data having a proportional data distribution for writing to a memory device; identifying a marginal block when an erase block is read from the memory device; and generating a marginal tag for the marginal block, the marginal tag having a non-proportional data distribution different from the proportional data distribution.

2011003, Feb 10, 2011

Aug 10, 2010

12/853953

Alan A. Fitzgerald - Gilbert AZ, US
Robert W. Ellis - Phoenix AZ, US
Scott Harrow - Scottsdale AZ, US

ADTRON, INC. - Phoenix AZ

G06F 12/00, G06F 12/02

711103, 711E12001, 711E12008

A flash blade and associated methods enable improved areal density of information storage, reduced power consumption, decreased cost, increased IOPS, and/or elimination of unnecessary legacy components. In various embodiments, a flash blade comprises a host blade controller, a switched fabric, and one or more storage elements configured as flash DIMMs. Storage space provided by the flash DIMMs may be presented to a user in a configurable manner. Flash DIMMs, rather than magnetic disk drives or solid state drives, are the field-replaceable unit, enabling improved customization and cost savings.

2012031, Dec 13, 2012

Jun 11, 2012

13/493912

Robert W. Ellis - Phoenix AZ, US
Scott Creasman - Gilbert AZ, US

SMART STORAGE SYSTEMS, INC. - Chandler AZ

G06F 11/30, G06F 12/00

713340

A method of operation of a data storage system includes: providing a power monitor module for detecting a loss of host power; interrupting a unit controller by the power monitor module; configuring a memory controller by the unit controller; and writing a non-volatile memory array for storing in-flight data and contents of a system control random access memory in a multi-level cell NAND flash device in response to detecting the loss of the host power.

8149012, Apr 3, 2012

Sep 24, 2010

12/890436

Robert Lazaravich - Chandler AZ, US
Hugh Littlebury - Gilbert AZ, US
Robert William Ellis - Phoenix AZ, US

SMART Storage Systems, Inc. - Chandler AZ

H03K 19/00

326 8, 326 37

A method is provided for intentionally permanently disabling a target device. The target device comprises an integrated circuit having one or more electronic devices, where the target device is disabled by destroying at least one or more electronic devices. The method comprises charging at least one capacitor in an integrated circuit disabling device, detecting when at least one capacitor is charged, and selecting at least one target signal path associated with the target device for disabling. The method further includes connecting the integrated circuit disabling device to the target signal path and rapidly discharging at least one capacitor to the selected target signal path. The discharging step may apply a high energy impulse to destroy the one or more electronic devices of the target device.

2013005, Feb 28, 2013

Aug 21, 2012

13/590826

Robert W. Ellis - Phoenix AZ, US
James Fitzpatrick - Sudbury MA, US
James Higgins - Chandler AZ, US

SMART STORAGE SYSTEMS, INC. - Chandler AZ

G06F 12/00

711103, 711E12008

A method of operation of an electronic system includes: forming a superblock by organizing an erase block according to a wear attribute; detecting a trigger count of the wear attribute of the superblock; updating a metadata table with the trigger count; and triggering a recycling event of the superblock based on the metadata table.

8180954, May 15, 2012

Apr 15, 2009

12/424461

Kevin L Kilzer - Chandler AZ, US
Robert W Ellis - Phoenix AZ, US
Rudolph J Sterbenz - Chandler AZ, US

SMART Storage Systems, Inc. - Chandler AZ

G06F 12/00

711103, 711E12001, 711E12008

Disclosed are techniques for flash memory management, including tracking payload data via one or more data structures configured to define the size of logical pages in a flash memory. In various embodiments, the logical page size may be larger than, equal to, or smaller than a physical page size of a flash memory chip.

8566505, Oct 22, 2013

Apr 15, 2008

12/103273

Kevin L. Kilzer - Chandler AZ, US
Robert W. Ellis - Phoenix AZ, US
Rudolph J. Sterbenz - Chandler AZ, US

SMART Storage Systems, Inc. - Chandler AZ

G06F 12/00, G06F 13/00

711103, 711100, 711154

Disclosed are techniques for flash memory management, including receiving data from a host, writing the data to a flash memory device in the order it was received from the host, and providing at least one data structure configured to locate the data written to the flash memory device.