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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2015
Seagate Technology Llc, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Yiran Chen, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Hai Li, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Wenzhong Zhu, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Xiaobin Wang, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Yuan Yan, San Jose, CA (US);
Harry Hongyue Liu, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to an apparatus and associated method for updating data in a non-volatile memory array. In accordance with some embodiments, a memory block is formed with a plurality of types of memory cell sectors arranged in data pages of a first type and log pages of a second type that can be updated in-place. A first updated sector is written to a first log page while maintaining an outdated sector in an original data page, and overwritten with a second updated sector.