Static information storage and retrieval – Floating gate – Data security
Reexamination Certificate
2008-05-20
2008-05-20
Phan, Trong (Department: 2827)
Static information storage and retrieval
Floating gate
Data security
C365S185080, C365S185220, C365S185290, C365S185330
Reexamination Certificate
active
07376011
ABSTRACT:
An improved flash EEPROM memory-based storage subsystem includes one or more flash memory arrays, each with three data registers and a controller circuit. During a flash program operation, one data register is used to control the program operation, a second register is used to hold the target data value, and a third register is used to load the next sector's data. Subsequent to a flash program operation, a sector's data are read from a flash array into the first data register and compared to the target data stored in the second register. When the data is verified good, the data from the third register is copied into the first and second registers for the next program operation. This creates an improved performance system that doesn't suffer data transfer latency during program operations that require data verification after the program operation is complete. Alternate embodiments perform the comparison using two register implementations and a single register implementations. The post-writer verification can be repeated and use different bias conditions for reading the data. The process can be automatic or executed by command that can specify the read conditions.
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Conley Kevin M.
Gonzalez Carlos J.
Guterman Daniel C.
Davis , Wright, Tremaine, LLP
Phan Trong
SanDisk Corporation
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