Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yong-nam Koh

In-jae Lee

Kyoung-bum Kim

Jae-heon Jeong

Ki-Woong Yoo

A memory card includes a card substrate on which a controller and a memory device are mounted, and a card enclosure that accommodates the card substrate and exposes terminals for electrical connection to an external device. The controller is operable in a universal flash storage (UFS) mode and in a first sub-mode other than the UFS mode. The terminals that are exposed include a UFS terminal group according to a UFS standard, and a first sub-mode terminal group. The UFS terminal group includes first row terminals arranged adjacent to an insertion side edge of the memory card and second row terminals arranged apart from the insertion side edge such that the first row terminals are provided between the second row terminals and the insertion side edge. The first sub-mode terminal group is adjacent to the first row terminals.

Memory card and electronic system

A memory card includes a card substrate on which a controller and a memory device are mounted, and a card enclosure that accommodates the card substrate and exposes terminals capable of being electrically connected to an external device, wherein the controller is operable in a universal flash storage (UFS) mode and in a first sub-mode other than the UFS mode.

A memory card adaptor is provided herein. The memory card adaptor may include a housing having a slot configured to accommodate a memory card. The memory card may include a signal terminal and non-signal terminals. For example, the signal terminal may be a high-speed and/or data transfer terminal, and the non-signal terminal may be a power or voltage terminal. The signal terminal may be at least partially exposed via a signal terminal opening in the housing when the memory card is accommodated in the slot. The memory card adaptor may also include at least one card-side terminal arranged so as to be capable of contacting at least one of the non-signal terminals. The at least one card-side terminal may be electrically connected, for example via a wiring line, to at least one socket-side terminal arranged so as to be capable of contacting terminals of a host socket

Memory card adaptor having an opening to expose a terminal of a memory card

Provided is a complex semiconductor device. The complex semiconductor device includes first memory chips in a first package, second memory chips in a second package configured for mass storage of data, and a controller packaged with either the first package or the second package in a complex package. The controller is connected to the first package via a first internal bus and to the second package via a second internal bus, and the first package, second package and controller are commonly packaged within a single complex package.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Yong-nam Koh