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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2011
Lung-yi Kuo, Jhubei, TW;
Hsin-yi Ho, Hsinchu, TW;
Chun-hsiung Hung, Hsinchu, TW;
Shuo-nan Hung, Jhubei, TW;
Han-sung Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Lung-Yi Kuo, Jhubei, TW;
Hsin-Yi Ho, Hsinchu, TW;
Chun-Hsiung Hung, Hsinchu, TW;
Shuo-Nan Hung, Jhubei, TW;
Han-Sung Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A program method for a multi-level cell (MLC) flash memory is provided. The memory array includes a plurality of pages and a plurality of paired pages, which correspond to the respective pages. The program method includes the following steps. Firstly, a program address command is obtained. Next, whether the program address command corresponding to any one of the paired pages is determined. When the program address command corresponds to a first paired page, which corresponds to a first page among the pages, among the paired pages, data stored in the first page to a non-volatile memory are copied. After that, the first paired page is programmed.