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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2005
Tomoharu Tanaka, Yokohama, JP;
Khandker N. Quader, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hiroyuki Dohmae, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Inoue, Irvine, CA (US);
Takeaki Sato, Meerbusch, DE;
Tomoharu Tanaka, Yokohama, JP;
Khandker N. Quader, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hiroyuki Dohmae, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Inoue, Irvine, CA (US);
Takeaki Sato, Meerbusch, DE;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Sandisk Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A non-volatile semiconductor memory device comprising a plurality of non-volatile semiconductor memory cells, an interface making data exchange with an external device to write/read data with respect to the non-volatile semiconductor memory cells, and a control circuit for controlling the non-volatile semiconductor memory cells, wherein the interface and the control circuit include a first read mode initialized via a first bootstrap to read data from the non-volatile semiconductor memory cells for continuously outputting (N+M)-byte (N is the n-th power of 2, n is positive integers) data via the interface, and a second read mode initialized via a second bootstrap to read data from the non-volatile semiconductor memory cells for continuously outputting K-byte (K is the k-th power of 2, k is positive integers) data via the interface.