US 12,353,257 B2
Storage device energy recycling and cooling
Cono J. Sammarco, San Jose, CA (US); and Gurjit Chadha, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US)
Filed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on May 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/746,090.
Prior Publication US 2023/0376087 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/20 (2006.01); H02N 99/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/20 (2013.01) [H02N 99/00 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
15. A storage system comprising:
a plurality of storage devices;
at least one energy recycling module disposed on each of the storage devices;
wherein the at least one energy recycling module is connected to a power storing component; and
wherein each of the storage devices comprises at least:
a plurality of components;
a processor;
a memory array comprising a plurality of memory devices;
a controller configured to:
determine an amount of received power from a host-computing device;
enable the at least one energy recycling module to capture heat generated from the plurality of components;
convert the captured heat into an amount of electricity;
store the converted electricity in the power storing component within the storage device;
determine whether an event has occurred, wherein the event is based on one or more of a thermal temperature reading, received operations from the host-computing device, and a level of stored charge;
discharge the stored electricity from the power storing component in response to determining that the event has occurred, wherein the event is based on a received operation from the host-computing device; and
utilize the discharged electricity to power the energy recycling module to generate a cooling surface, whereby the at least one energy recycling module is configured to lower an operating temperature of at least one of the plurality of components.