公开(公告)号：US20080006927A1

公开(公告)日：2008-01-10

申请号：US11831888

申请日：2007-07-31

申请人： Siew Hiew ,  Jim Ni ,  Paul Hsueh ,  Charles Lee ,  Ming-Shiang Shen

发明人： Siew Hiew ,  Jim Ni ,  Paul Hsueh ,  Charles Lee ,  Ming-Shiang Shen

IPC分类号： H01L23/488 ,  H01L21/52

CPC分类号： H05K3/284 ,  H01L23/544 ,  H01L24/48 ,  H01L24/97 ,  H01L2223/54406 ,  H01L2223/54433 ,  H01L2223/54486 ,  H01L2224/32145 ,  H01L2224/48091 ,  H01L2224/97 ,  H01L2924/00014 ,  H01L2924/01005 ,  H01L2924/01006 ,  H01L2924/01027 ,  H01L2924/01033 ,  H01L2924/01077 ,  H01L2924/01079 ,  H01L2924/01082 ,  H01L2924/12041 ,  H01L2924/14 ,  H01L2924/181 ,  H01L2924/19041 ,  H01L2924/19043 ,  H01L2924/19105 ,  H05K1/117 ,  H05K2201/09936 ,  H05K2201/10159 ,  Y10T29/49126 ,  H01L2224/85 ,  H01L2924/00012 ,  H01L2224/45099 ,  H01L2224/45015 ,  H01L2924/207

摘要： An MMC/SD core unit includes a PCBA in which all passive components and unpackaged IC chips are attached to a single side of a PCB opposite to the metal contacts. The IC chips include, for example, a controller chip and a flash memory chip, or a single-chip (combined controller/flash memory) chip. Multiple flash IC chips are optionally stacked to increase storage capacity. The IC chip(s) are attached to the PCB by wire bonding or other chip-on-board (COB) technique. The passive components are attached by conventional surface mount technology (SMT) techniques. A molded housing is then formed over the IC chips and passive components such that the device has a uniform thickness. The MMC/SD core unit is then inserted or otherwise mounted in an eternal casing to provide a finished MMC/SD device.

摘要翻译： MMC / SD核心单元包括PCBA，其中所有无源组件和未封装的IC芯片附接到与金属触点相对的PCB的单侧。 IC芯片例如包括控制器芯片和闪存芯片，或单芯片（组合的控制器/闪存）芯片。 可选择堆叠多个闪存IC芯片以增加存储容量。 IC芯片通过引线接合或其他芯片上（COB）芯片技术连接到PCB。 无源元件通过传统的表面贴装技术（SMT）技术连接起来。 然后在IC芯片和无源部件上形成模制外壳，使得该装置具有均匀的厚度。 然后将MMC / SD核心单元插入或以其他方式安装在永久壳体中以提供完成的MMC / SD设备。

公开(公告)号：US20070293088A1

公开(公告)日：2007-12-20

申请号：US11773830

申请日：2007-07-05

申请人： Siew Hiew ,  Jim Ni ,  Charles Lee ,  I-Kang Yu ,  Ming-Shiang Shen

发明人： Siew Hiew ,  Jim Ni ,  Charles Lee ,  I-Kang Yu ,  Ming-Shiang Shen

IPC分类号： H01R13/648 ,  G06F3/00

CPC分类号： G06F1/1632 ,  H01L24/97 ,  H01L2224/48091 ,  H01L2224/48227 ,  H01L2224/97 ,  H01L2924/01005 ,  H01L2924/01006 ,  H01L2924/01033 ,  H01L2924/01074 ,  H01L2924/01077 ,  H01L2924/01079 ,  H01L2924/01082 ,  H01L2924/12041 ,  H01L2924/14 ,  H01L2924/19041 ,  H05K1/117 ,  H05K3/0052 ,  H05K3/284 ,  H05K5/0278 ,  H05K2203/1316 ,  H01L2924/00014 ,  H01L2224/85

摘要： A low-profile Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) device includes a PCBA in which all passive components and unpackaged IC chips are attached to a single side of a PCB opposite to the metal contacts. The IC chips include, for example, a USB controller chip and a flash memory chip, or a single-chip (combined USB controller/flash memory) chip. Multiple flash IC chips are optionally stacked to increase storage capacity. The IC chip(s) are attached to the PCB by wire bonding or other chip-on-board (COB) technique. The passive components are attached by conventional surface mount technology (SMT) techniques. A molded housing is then formed over the IC chips and passive components such that the device has a uniform thickness. The low-profile USB device is optionally used as a modular insert that is mounted onto a metal case to provide a USB assembly having a plug shell similar to a standard USB male connector.

摘要翻译： 一个低调的通用串行总线（USB）设备包括一个PCBA，其中所有无源组件和未封装的IC芯片都连接到与金属触点相对的PCB的单面。 IC芯片例如包括USB控制器芯片和闪存芯片，或单芯片（组合的USB控制器/闪存）芯片。 可选择堆叠多个闪存IC芯片以增加存储容量。 IC芯片通过引线接合或其他芯片上（COB）芯片技术连接到PCB。 无源元件通过传统的表面贴装技术（SMT）技术连接起来。 然后在IC芯片和无源部件上形成模制外壳，使得该装置具有均匀的厚度。 低调USB设备可选地用作安装在金属外壳上的模块化插件，以提供具有类似于标准USB公连接器的插头外壳的USB组件。

公开(公告)号：US20070274032A1

公开(公告)日：2007-11-29

申请号：US11309843

申请日：2006-10-11

申请人： Jim Ni ,  Abraham Ma ,  Charles Lee ,  Ming-Shiang Shen

发明人： Jim Ni ,  Abraham Ma ,  Charles Lee ,  Ming-Shiang Shen

IPC分类号： H05K7/12 ,  H01L21/00

CPC分类号： H05K5/0269

摘要： A flash-memory drive replaces a hard-disk drive using an integrated device electronics (IDE) interface. The flash drive has a printed-circuit board assembly (PCBA) with a circuit board with flash-memory chips and a controller chip. The controller chip includes an input/output interface circuit to an external computer over the IDE interface, and a processing unit to read blocks of data from the flash-memory chips. The PCBA is encased inside an upper case and a lower case, with an IDE connector that fits through and opening between the cases. The cases can be assembled with the PCBA by a snap-together, ultrasonic-press, screw-fastener, or thermal-bond adhesive method. Center lines formed on the inside of the cases fit between rows of flash-memory chips to improve case rigidity. The connector has two rows of pins that straddle the center line of the circuit board for a balanced design.

摘要翻译： 闪存驱动器使用集成设备电子（IDE）接口替换硬盘驱动器。 闪存驱动器具有带有闪存芯片的电路板和控制器芯片的印刷电路板组件（PCBA）。 控制器芯片包括通过IDE接口连接到外部计算机的输入/输出接口电路，以及从闪速存储器芯片读取数据块的处理单元。 PCBA被封装在上壳体和下壳体内，并具有适合通过壳体和壳体之间打开的IDE连接器。 这些情况可以通过卡扣，超声波压力机，螺纹紧固件或热粘合粘合剂方法与PCBA组装。 形成在壳体内部的中心线适配在闪存芯片的行之间，以提高外壳刚度。 连接器具有跨越电路板中心线的两排销，用于平衡设计。

公开(公告)号：US20070292009A1

公开(公告)日：2007-12-20

申请号：US11845747

申请日：2007-08-27

申请人： David Nguyen ,  Jim Ni ,  Charles Lee ,  Ming-Shiang Shen

发明人： David Nguyen ,  Jim Ni ,  Charles Lee ,  Ming-Shiang Shen

IPC分类号： G06K9/00

CPC分类号： G06K9/0002 ,  G06F21/32 ,  G06F21/85 ,  G06F21/86 ,  G06K19/07354 ,  G06K19/07732

摘要： A pen-type computer peripheral device includes an elongated housing containing a PCBA having a plug connector and a fingerprint sensor mounted thereon. The PCBA is secured to a positioning member that is actuated by way of a press-push button that is exposed through a slot defined in a wall of the housing. By pressing and pushing (sliding) the press-push button along the slot, the fingerprint sensor and the plug connector are moved between a retracted position, in which the fingerprint sensor is positioned inside of the housing and the plug connector is covered by a portion of the housing wall, and a deployed position in which the fingerprint sensor is exposed through the slot and the plug connector extends through a front housing opening such that both the fingerprint sensor and the plug connector are exposed outside of the housing.

摘要翻译： 笔式计算机外围设备包括细长壳体，其包含具有安装在其上的插头连接器和指纹传感器的PCBA。 PCBA被固定到通过按压按钮致动的定位构件，该按压按钮通过限定在壳体的壁中的狭槽暴露。 通过沿着插槽按压（滑动）按压按钮，指纹传感器和插头连接器在指纹传感器位于壳体内部并且插头连接器被覆盖部分的缩回位置之间移动 以及展开位置，其中指纹传感器通过狭槽暴露，并且插头连接器延伸穿过前壳体开口，使得指纹传感器和插头连接器都暴露在壳体外部。

公开(公告)号：US20070184719A1

公开(公告)日：2007-08-09

申请号：US11309847

申请日：2006-10-12

申请人： Jim Ni ,  Charles Lee ,  Abraham Ma ,  Ming-Shiang Shen

发明人： Jim Ni ,  Charles Lee ,  Abraham Ma ,  Ming-Shiang Shen

IPC分类号： H01R9/03

CPC分类号： H01R13/6658 ,  H01R13/7175 ,  H05K5/0278

摘要： A Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) device has a USB plug with reduced wobble. A USB metal wrap around the perimeter of the USB plug is attached to a housing by overmolding. A plug supporter is inserted into the front of the USB metal wrap, and has locking tabs that snap over the inside wall of the housing. Side tabs on the plug supporter fit into side slots on the USB metal wrap to secure the plug supporter inside the USB metal wrap. A circuit board with a USB flash controller has USB metal contacts on an extension end that is inserted through the housing and into the USB metal wrap. The extension end fits underneath top tabs on the plug supporter, preventing the extension end with the USB metal contacts from upward wobble when the USB plug is inserted into a USB socket.

摘要翻译： 通用串行总线（USB）设备具有减少摆动的USB插头。 围绕USB插头的周边的USB金属包裹通过包覆成型附接到外壳。 插头支撑件插入USB金属包装的前部，并具有卡在外壳内壁上的锁定片。 插头支架上的侧面接头装配在USB金属外壳上的侧插槽中，以将插头支撑件固定在USB金属包装内。 带有USB闪存控制器的电路板在扩展端有USB金属触点，插入通过外壳和USB金属外壳。 延长端配合在插头支架上的顶部卡舌下方，当USB插头插入USB插座时，防止USB金属触点的延伸端向上摆动。

公开(公告)号：US20070183209A1

公开(公告)日：2007-08-09

申请号：US11683292

申请日：2007-03-07

申请人： Jim Ni ,  Charles Lee ,  Abraham Ma ,  Ming-Shiang Shen

发明人： Jim Ni ,  Charles Lee ,  Abraham Ma ,  Ming-Shiang Shen

IPC分类号： G11C11/34

CPC分类号： H05K5/0269 ,  G06F12/1416 ,  G06F21/32 ,  G06F21/78 ,  G06K9/00087 ,  G06K19/07 ,  G06K19/07354 ,  G07C9/00087 ,  H05K5/026

摘要： A case-grounded flash-memory drive has a printed-circuit board assembly (PCBA) with flash-memory chips and a controller chip. The PCBA is encased inside an upper case and a lower case, with a Serial AT-Attachment (SATA) connector that fits through and opening between the cases. The cases can be assembled with the PCBA by a snap-together, ultrasonic-press, screw-fastener, or thermal-bond adhesive method. Dual-axis case-grounding pins draw any electro-static-discharges (ESD) current off the upper case along a primary axis and onto a PCBA ground through a secondary axis washer that is screwed into the PCBA. The primary axis body of the dual-axis case-grounding pins fits around a PCBA notch while the secondary axis passes through a metalized alignment hole for grounding. When the SATA connector is inserted into a host, the host ground sinks ESD currents collected by the dual-axis case-grounding pins.

摘要翻译： 外壳接地闪存驱动器具有带闪存芯片的印刷电路板组件（PCBA）和控制器芯片。 PCBA被封装在上壳体和下壳体内，并具有穿过并在壳体之间打开的串行AT附件（SATA）连接器。 这些情况可以通过卡扣，超声波压力机，螺纹紧固件或热粘合粘合剂方法与PCBA组装。 双轴外壳接地引脚通过螺纹连接到PCBA中的次轴垫圈将初始轴上的任何静电放电（ESD）电流从主轴上吸入PCBA接地。 双轴壳体 - 接地销的主轴体装配在PCBA槽口周围，而副轴线穿过金属化的对准孔进行接地。 当SATA连接器插入主机时，主机接地将吸收由双轴外壳接地引脚收集的ESD电流。

公开(公告)号：US20080086631A1

公开(公告)日：2008-04-10

申请号：US11864652

申请日：2007-09-28

申请人： David Chow ,  Charles Lee ,  Frank Yu ,  Edward Lee ,  Ming-Shiang Shen

发明人： David Chow ,  Charles Lee ,  Frank Yu ,  Edward Lee ,  Ming-Shiang Shen

IPC分类号： G06F15/177 ,  G06F12/02

CPC分类号： G06F8/654

摘要： An electronic data flash card is accessible by a host system, and includes a flash memory controller and at least one flash memory device coupled to the flash controller. The boot code and control code for the flash memory system (flash card) are stored in the flash memory device during a programming procedure. The flash controller transfers the boot code and control code to a volatile main memory (e.g., random access memory or RAM) at start up or reset making a RAM-based memory system. Boot code and control code are selectively overwritten during a code updating operation. A single flash controller thus supports multiple brands and types of flash memory to eliminate stocking issues.

摘要翻译： 电子数据闪存卡可由主机系统访问，并且包括闪存控制器和耦合到闪存控制器的至少一个闪存设备。 闪存系统（闪存卡）的启动代码和控制代码在编程过程中存储在闪存设备中。 闪存控制器在启动或复位时将引导代码和控制代码传送到易失性主存储器（例如，随机存取存储器或RAM），从而形成基于RAM的存储器系统。 引导代码和控制代码在代码更新操作期间被有选择地覆盖。 因此，单个闪存控制器支持多种品牌和类型的闪存，以消除存货问题。

公开(公告)号：US20080082736A1

公开(公告)日：2008-04-03

申请号：US11864684

申请日：2007-09-28

申请人： David Chow ,  Charles Lee ,  Abraham Ma ,  Frank Yu ,  Edward Lee ,  Ming-Shiang Shen

发明人： David Chow ,  Charles Lee ,  Abraham Ma ,  Frank Yu ,  Edward Lee ,  Ming-Shiang Shen

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F12/0246 ,  G06F2212/1036 ,  G06F2212/7203 ,  G06F2212/7211

摘要： An electronic data flash card accessible by a host computer, includes a flash memory controller connected to a flash memory device, and an input-output interface circuit activated to establish a communication with the host. In an embodiment, the flash card uses a USB interface circuit for communication with the host. A flash memory controller includes an arbitrator for mapping logical addresses with physical block addresses, and for performing block management operations including: storing reassigned data to available blocks, relocating valid data in obsolete blocks to said available blocks and reassigning logical block addresses to physical block addresses of said available blocks, finding bad blocks of the flash memory device and replacing with reserve blocks, erasing obsolete blocks for recycling after relocating valid data to available blocks, and erase count wear leveling of blocks, etc. Furthermore, each flash memory device includes an internal buffer for accelerating the block management operations.

摘要翻译： 由主机可访问的电子数据闪存卡包括连接到闪速存储器件的闪存控制器和被激活以建立与主机的通信的输入 - 输出接口电路。 在一个实施例中，闪存卡使用USB接口电路与主机进行通信。 闪速存储器控制器包括用于将逻辑地址与物理块地址对准的仲裁器，并且用于执行块管理操作，包括：将重新分配的数据存储到可用块，将过时块中的有效数据重定位到所述可用块并将逻辑块地址重新分配给物理块地址 的所述可用块，找到闪存设备的坏块并用备用块替换，在将有效数据重新定位到可用块之后擦除用于再循环的废弃块，以及擦除块的计数损耗均衡等。此外，每个闪存设备包括 内部缓冲区，用于加快块管理操作。

公开(公告)号：US20070198856A1

公开(公告)日：2007-08-23

申请号：US11623863

申请日：2007-01-17

申请人： Charles Lee ,  I-Kang Yu ,  Edward Lee ,  Ming-Shiang Shen

发明人： Charles Lee ,  I-Kang Yu ,  Edward Lee ,  Ming-Shiang Shen

IPC分类号： G06F12/14

CPC分类号： G06F21/85 ,  G06F21/79

摘要： A secure flash-card reader reads a user ID from a secure card and finds a matching entry with a hashed password in a user table on the reader. An encrypted key is received from a secure host that hashes and encrypts a password the user types into the host and the user's ID. A card decryption engine uses a random number to decrypt the encrypted key and recover the hashed password and user ID from the secure host, which is compared by a comparator to the hashed password and user ID from the user table. A mismatch causes an access controller to block access to encrypted data on the secure card. Flash data is transferred over a flash-serial buffer bus between flash-card controllers and a RAM buffer. An encryption engine on the flash-serial buffer bus encrypts and decrypts data and connects to a serial engine to the host.

摘要翻译： 安全的闪存读卡器从安全卡读取用户ID，并在阅读器的用户表中找到具有散列密码的匹配条目。 从安全主机接收加密密钥，该密钥对用户键入的密码和用户的ID进行散列和加密。 卡解密引擎使用随机数来解密加密的密钥，并从安全主机中恢复散列密码和用户ID，由比较器与用户表中的散列密码和用户ID进行比较。 不匹配导致访问控制器阻止访问安全卡上的加密数据。 闪存数据通过闪存卡控制器和RAM缓冲区之间的闪存串行缓冲区总线进行传输。 闪存串行缓冲总线上的加密引擎加密和解密数据，并连接到主机的串行引擎。

公开(公告)号：US20080065796A1

公开(公告)日：2008-03-13

申请号：US11926636

申请日：2007-10-29

申请人： Charles Lee ,  David Chow ,  Abraham Ma ,  Frank Yu ,  Ming-Shiang Shen ,  Horng-Yee Chou

发明人： Charles Lee ,  David Chow ,  Abraham Ma ,  Frank Yu ,  Ming-Shiang Shen ,  Horng-Yee Chou

IPC分类号： G06F13/42

CPC分类号： G06F13/28 ,  G06F12/1416 ,  G06F21/32 ,  G06F21/78 ,  G06K9/00087 ,  G06K19/07 ,  G06K19/07354 ,  G07C9/00087

摘要： An extended Universal-Serial Bus (EUSB) bridge to a host computer can have Peripheral Components Interconnect Express (PCIE) protocol layers on one side of the bridge, and EUSB layers on the other side of the bridge, with a high-level bridging converter module connecting the upper layers. The PCIE physical, data-link, and transport layers may be eliminated by integrating the bridge with an I/O controller. PCIE requests and data payloads are directly sent to the bridge, rather than low-level PCIE physical signals. The PCIE data payloads are converted to EUSB data payloads by a high-level direct bridging converter module. Then the EUSB data payloads are passed down to an EUSB transaction layer, an EUSB data-link layer, and an EUSB physical layer which drives and senses physical electrical signals on both differential pairs of the EUSB bus.

摘要翻译： 到主机的扩展通用串行总线（EUSB）桥可以在桥的一侧具有外围组件互连Express（PCIE）协议层，在桥的另一侧可以具有高级桥接转换器 模块连接上层。 可以通过将桥与I / O控制器集成来消除PCIE物理，数据链路和传输层。 PCIE请求和数据有效载荷直接发送到桥，而不是低级PCIE物理信号。 PCIE数据有效载荷通过高级直接桥接转换器模块转换为EUSB数据有效载荷。 然后，EUSB数据有效载荷被传递到EUSB事务层，EUSB数据链路层和EUSB物理层，其在EUSB总线的两个差分对上驱动和感测物理电信号。