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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenichi Iida, Saitama, JP;
Noriyuki Koga, Chiba, JP;
Eiichi Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Mari Sugiura, Tokyo, JP;
Shuji Obayashi, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/208 ; G06F 1/206 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/208 ; G06F 1/206 ;
Abstract
A memory controller for reading data stored in a nonvolatile memory that includes a number of erasable blocks containing a number of pages. A logical/physical address control table stored in a logical/physical address control table block of the nonvolatile memory is searched, read, and manipulated in the nonvolatile memory.