HOT AND HAZARDOUS INDICATOR ON SOLID STATE DRIVES

    公开(公告)号:US20210257828A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-19

    申请号:US17313603

    申请日:2021-05-06

    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that includes a solid state drive (SSD) having an enclosure, a non-volatile memory (NVM) device, a device controller coupled the NVM device, a capacitor, a backup voltage line coupled to the capacitor, and a safety assembly. The safety assembly may include a timer circuit including an input node coupled to the backup voltage line, a reset node, and an output node, an indicator circuit coupled to the output node of the timer circuit, and a temperature comparator circuit coupled to the reset node of the timer circuit, wherein if a temperature of the enclosure exceeds a threshold while a backup voltage is present on the backup voltage line, the temperature comparator circuit causes the timer circuit to trigger light pulses from the indicator circuit.

    Reduction of SSD burst current using power loss energy store

    公开(公告)号:US10990151B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-27

    申请号:US16292825

    申请日:2019-03-05

    Abstract: In embodiments, an apparatus includes a burst current monitor, to detect a burst of input current drawn by a SSD from a host above a pre-defined burst threshold, and control logic coupled to the burst current monitor. The control logic, in response to the detection by the burst current monitor of the input current above the burst threshold, causes a capacitor of the SSD to supply an assistance current to the SSD, to reduce the input current drawn by the SSD. In embodiments, the capacitor is a hold-up capacitor disposed in a PLI circuit of the SSD, and the apparatus is integrated within a hold-up control logic sub-circuit of the PLI circuit.

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