Kui-Yon Mun

Title: Kui-Yon Mun: Inventor in Storage Technology

Introduction

Kui-Yon Mun is an inventor based in Suwon-si, South Korea. His work focuses on storage devices that use nonvolatile memory, including methods for managing data backups and memory-cell characteristics. He is associated with Samsung Electronics Ltd. and has 3 patents.

Latest Patents

Mun’s recent patent work addresses storage-device architecture and backup operations.

- **Storage Device Including Nonvolatile Memory Device and Operating Method of Storage Device.** This invention describes a storage device with user and reserved memory areas, an internal buffer, and a controller that writes and erases memory units. During backup, the controller stores buffered data in a reserved-area erase unit and then adjusts the buffer’s configuration to match that unit’s cell type.

- **Storage Device Including Nonvolatile Memory Device and Method of Performing Backup Based on Zone Features.** This invention describes a controller that allocates storage zones, selects erase units using a zone map, and manages logical addresses in sequence. It also details how the controller selects an erase unit and its cell type for backing up data based on the features of the zone.

Career Highlights

Mun’s listed inventions concern nonvolatile-memory storage systems, with particular attention to backup procedures, zone management, and adapting buffer operations to memory-cell types. These approaches are designed to coordinate data handling with the organization and characteristics of storage memory.

Collaborations

Mun’s listed coworkers include Heetak Shin and Junyeong Han. His work is associated with Samsung Electronics Ltd.

Conclusion

Kui-Yon Mun’s patent work highlights practical approaches to backup and data management in nonvolatile-memory storage devices.