ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,771, issued on June 17, was assigned to SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Milpitas, Calif.).
"Circuit failure protection" was invented by Amit Vijayvargiya (Karnataka, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of a storage device including a memory and a controller are provided. In certain aspects, the storage device may include a holdup circuit powered and controlled by the controller. In some examples, the holdup circuit may be configured to charge a first capacitor by closing a first switch coupled between the first capacitor and a boost converter during a first window of time. The holdup circuit may also be configured to charge a sec...