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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2008
Yan LI, Milpitas, CA (US);
Anne Pao-ling Koh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yan Li, Milpitas, CA (US);
Anne Pao-Ling Koh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
SanDisk Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A non-volatile memory can perform a first operation (such as a write, for example) on a designated group of one or more addressed pages using a first set of data stored in the corresponding set of data latches and also receive a request for a second operation (such as a read, for example) that also uses some of these corresponding data latches with a second set of data. During the first operation, when at least one latch of each set of the corresponding become available for the second operation, the memory whether there are a sufficient number of the corresponding set of data latches to perform the second operation during the first operation; if not, the second operation is delayed. The memory subsequently can perform the second operation during the first operation when a sufficient number of latches become available; and if, in response to determining whether there are a sufficient number of the corresponding set of data latches to perform the second operation it is determined that there are a sufficient number, performing the second operation during the first operation.