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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2011
Albert T. Borchers, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Andrew T. Swing, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Robert S. Sprinkle, San Jose, CA (US);
Jason W. Klaus, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Albert T. Borchers, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Andrew T. Swing, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Robert S. Sprinkle, San Jose, CA (US);
Jason W. Klaus, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A data storage device includes an interface that is configured to interface with a host, a command bus, multiple memory devices that are operably coupled to the command bus and a controller that is operably coupled to the interface and to the command bus. The controller is configured to receive a bad block scan command for a specified one of the memory devices from the host using the interface, scan the specified memory device for bad blocks, generate a map of the bad blocks and communicate the map to the host using the interface.