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Flash memory device and system including the same

US8305804B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 23, 2011
Grant dateNov 6, 2012
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Expiry dateJun 23, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C29/00
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides an operation method of a memory system including a flash memory device. The method includes programming at least one page included in a selected memory block of the flash memory device; and determining the selected memory block or the flash memory device to be invalid, according to whether a loop number of the programmed page is out of a reference loop range.

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