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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Petro Estakhri, Danville, CA (US);
Siamack Nemazie, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 12/10 (2016.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G06F 12/1009 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0605 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0616 (2013.01); G06F 3/0631 (2013.01); G06F 3/0647 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 12/1009 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1036 (2013.01); G06F 2212/214 (2013.01); G06F 2212/657 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7201 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7204 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7211 (2013.01); G11C 16/102 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory device has a plurality of dedicated data blocks for storing user data and a plurality of dedicated overhead blocks for storing overhead data. A dedicated overhead block of the plurality of dedicated overhead blocks has a plurality of overhead segments. The overhead segments have physical block address registers configured to store physical block addresses defining respective dedicated data blocks.