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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2007
Jin-kyu Kim, Seoul, KR;
Kyoung-il Bang, Suwon-si, KR;
Song-ho Yoon, Yongin-si, KR;
Kwang-yoon Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jin-kyu Kim, Seoul, KR;
Kyoung-il Bang, Suwon-si, KR;
Song-ho Yoon, Yongin-si, KR;
Kwang-yoon Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for reorganizing mapping information in a flash memory are provided. The apparatus includes a sector-managing module that secures a mapping sector where mapping information is recorded in a physical unit, and determines whether user data is recorded up to a sector located in a predetermined position, and a mapping-information-recording module that records the mapping information in the mapping sector according to a result of the determination. Here, the mapping information includes a relation of a physical sector storing the user data and a logical sector corresponding to the physical sector.