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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2016
Toshiba Memory Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Sato, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Masaomi Teranishi, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Shuichi Sakurai, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiko Nakashima, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeki Koizumi, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A storage device includes an antenna, a first nonvolatile memory that is operable using power generated at the antenna by an electromagnetic induction caused by an external device, and stores lock state information, a first controller configured to change the lock state information in response to a command that is wirelessly transmitted from the external device through the antenna, a second nonvolatile memory, and a second controller configured to allow access to a memory region of the second nonvolatile memory depending on the lock state information stored in the first nonvolatile memory.