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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2010
Applicant:
Wu-chi Kuo, Kaohsiung, TW;
Inventor:
Wu-Chi Kuo, Kaohsiung, TW;
Assignees:
Silicon Motion Inc., keji Chuangyeyuan, Tianan Digital, Futian, Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN;
Silicon Motion Inc., Jhubei, Hsinchu County, TW;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A memory device includes a flash memory and a controller. The flash memory includes a plurality of blocks, and each block includes a plurality of pages. The controller is utilized for reading a plurality of bits from an identification region of a page, and determining whether the page is blank or not according to the plurality of bits.