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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2010
Gaurav Agarwal, Houston, TX (US);
Daniel J. Allred, Missouri City, TX (US);
Gaurav Agarwal, Houston, TX (US);
Daniel J. Allred, Missouri City, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
The Exhaustive Parameter Search (EPS) algorithm of this invention enables communicating devices to access to a large variety of NAND Flash memories. The EPS algorithm exploits the fact that the parameters needed for successful initial communication with NAND Flash memory (block Size and page Size) have only few possible values. The EPS algorithm tries all possible values to find a magic number stored in the NAND Flash memory. The correct parameters for the particular NAND Flash memory are read after detection of the magic number. This ensures that accurate parameters are used after successful detection of the magic number detection. The OEM must write the known parameters of the NAND Flash memory in a predetermined location following the magic number.