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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2009
Applicant:
Wu-chi Kuo, Kaoshiung, TW;
Inventor:
Wu-Chi Kuo, Kaoshiung, TW;
Assignee:
Silicon Motion, Inc., Jhubei, TW;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An access method for use in a memory device is provided. The memory device comprises a data area having a plurality of data blocks and a spare area having a plurality of spare blocks. First, data from a host is received. A spare block is popped from the spare area and the received data is programmed into the popped spare block accordingly. A data block corresponding to the data is pushed to the spare area. The pushed data block is erased when the memory device is waiting for a specific instruction to be issued from the host.