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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2009
Minoru Fukuda, Sanda, JP;
Hiroaki Nakanishi, Kobe, JP;
Kunio Matsudaira, Kobe, JP;
Masahiro Matsuo, Kobe, JP;
Hirohisa Abe, Sanda, JP;
Minoru Fukuda, Sanda, JP;
Hiroaki Nakanishi, Kobe, JP;
Kunio Matsudaira, Kobe, JP;
Masahiro Matsuo, Kobe, JP;
Hirohisa Abe, Sanda, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is related to a composite flash memory device comprises a plural sector flash memory array which is divided to plural sector that is a minimum erasing unit of the flash memory device, a flash memory array storing control commands which control a total system of the composite flash memory device and/or the only composite flash memory device in and sharing I/O line of the plural sector flash memory array, the read operation of the flash memory array is enable when the plural sector flash memory array is gained access.