Techniques for operating non-volatile memory systems with data sectors having different sizes than the sizes of the pages and/or blocks of the memory United States Patent 07032065

07032065 is referenced by 48 patents and cites 39 patents.

A non-volatile memory system, such as a flash EEPROM system, is disclosed to be divided into a plurality of blocks and each of the blocks into one or more pages, with sectors of data being stored therein that are of a different size than either the pages or blocks. One specific technique packs more sectors into a block than pages provided for that block. Error correction codes and other attribute data for a number of user data sectors are preferably stored together in different pages and blocks than the user data.

Title
Techniques for operating non-volatile memory systems with data sectors having different sizes than the sizes of the pages and/or blocks of the memory
Application Number
10/728229
Publication Number
7032065 (B2)
Application Date
December 3, 2003
Publication Date
April 18, 2006
Inventor
Eliyahou Harari
Los Gatos
CA, US
Kevin M Conley
San Jose
CA, US
Carlos Gonzalez
Los Gatos
CA, US
Agent
Parsons Hsue & de Runtz
Assignee
SanDisk Corporation
CA, US
IPC
G06F 12/02
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Citations: 48 (view full list)

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