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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2005
Benjamin Louie, Fremont, CA (US);
Yunqiu Wan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Aaron Yip, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jin-man Han, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Benjamin Louie, Fremont, CA (US);
Yunqiu Wan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Aaron Yip, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jin-Man Han, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
A non-volatile memory is described that utilizes a cache read mode of operation, where a next page of memory is being read/sensed from the memory array by the sense amplifiers while a previously read page of memory is being read from the memory I/O buffer, wherein the next page is user selected. This random cache read mode allows for a memory with a random page read capability, in which the address of the next page of data to be read is user selectable, which benefits from the low latency of a cache read mode of operation due to concurrent data sensing and data I/O.