Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Testing storage device power circuitry
- Patent Title (中): 测试存储设备电源电路
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Application No.: US14532646Application Date: 2014-11-04
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Publication No.: US09558848B2Publication Date: 2017-01-31
- Inventor: Laura Marie Caulfield , Mark Alan Santaniello , J. Michael Andrewartha , John J. Siegler
- Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agent Henry Gabryjelski; Kate Drakos; Micky Minhas
- Main IPC: G06F17/50
- IPC: G06F17/50 ; G11C29/50 ; G01R31/3183 ; G11C29/02 ; G01R31/30 ; G11C5/14 ; G11C29/04

Abstract:
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for testing storage device power circuitry. A storage device controller includes an embedded test program. The storage device controller executes the test program in response to receiving a test command. In one aspect, the test program issues a plurality of different command patterns to test shared power circuitry of storage device components (e.g., shared by an array of NAND flash memory devices). The test program identifies a command pattern that causes a greatest total current draw. In another aspect, the test program issues a specified command pattern (possibly repeatedly) to shared power circuitry to determine if the shared power circuitry fails.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160125958A1 TESTING STORAGE DEVICE POWER CIRCUITRY Public/Granted day:2016-05-05
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