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Flash memory apparatus for controlling operation in response to generation of interrupt signal and method of controlling the same

US8621140B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 16, 2009
Grant dateDec 31, 2013
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Expiry dateJun 7, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0659
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Described herein is a flash memory apparatus and method controlling the same. The flash memory apparatus includes a processor and one or more flash memory units. The processor controls one or more memory operations performed in the one or more flash memory units. The processor stops controlling a memory operation in a flash memory unit when the memory operation is performed, and continues performing the memory operation in the flash memory unit when the flash memory unit generates an interrupt signal.

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