Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Control technique
Reexamination Certificate
2008-03-25
2008-03-25
McLean, Kimberly (Department: 2187)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Control technique
C711S170000, C711S103000, C711S100000, C365S189011, C365S230040, C365S185330, C365S185290
Reexamination Certificate
active
10769016
ABSTRACT:
An improved Flash memory device, control circuit, or data handling methods is described that facilitate the moving and consolidating data in split and non-split user/overhead data sector architectures, moving and storing user and overhead data from and to separate non-volatile memory devices, differing erase blocks, or differing sectors of an erase block. This enables ECC checking and masking while moving data. In addition, the use of a split data storage approach is enabled that avoids the issue of potential corruption of both the user data and overhead data due to each being held within close proximity to each other on the same physical row by allowing user/overhead data split across two erase blocks to be easily moved, consolidated, and managed.
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Leffert Jay & Polglaze P.A.
McLean Kimberly
Micro)n Technology, Inc.
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