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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 01, 2018
Applicant:
Silicon Motion Inc., Hsinchu County, TW;
Inventors:
Che-Wei Hsu, Taichung, TW;
Hsin-Hsiang Tseng, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
Silicon Motion, Inc., Hsinchu County, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G06F 1/32 (2013.01); G06F 3/0625 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 3/0688 (2013.01); G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G11C 11/5628 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for performing programming management, associated memory device and a controller thereof are provided. The memory device may include a non-volatile (NV) memory, and the NV memory may include a plurality of NV memory elements. The method may include: before programming a target NV memory element of the plurality of NV memory elements, checking whether another NV memory element of the plurality of NV memory elements is in a busy state or in a non-busy state; and when the other NV memory element enters the non-busy state, programming the target NV memory element.