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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2012
Applicants:
Petro Estakhri, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Siamack Nemazie, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Petro Estakhri, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Siamack Nemazie, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); H03M 13/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A memory device has a plurality of dedicated data blocks for storing only user data and a plurality of dedicated overhead blocks for storing only overhead data that comprises ECC data that is used for error checking with respect to the user data in the dedicated data blocks. The dedicated data blocks can be erased without erasing the ECC data that is used for error checking with respect to the user data in the dedicated data blocks.