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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
May. 29, 2018
Silicon Motion Inc., Hsinchu County, TW;
Yu-Wei Chyan, Hsinchu, TW;
Li-Shuo Hsiao, Hsinchu County, TW;
Silicon Motion Inc., Hsinchu County, TW;
Abstract
A method for controlling operations of a memory device, the memory device and the controller thereof, and the associated electronic device are provided. The method can comprise: before a voltage-drop event regarding a driving voltage occurs, mapping a rising reference voltage and a falling reference voltage to a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage, respectively; when the voltage-drop event occurs, pausing at least one access operations to a non-volatile (NV) memory, and mapping the rising reference voltage and the falling reference voltage to another first reference voltage and another second reference voltage, respectively; and when the voltage-drop event ends, mapping the rising reference voltage and the falling reference voltage to the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage, respectively.