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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2012
Applicants:
Teng Su, Milpitas, CA (US);
Koying Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
Johnny Chan, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Winbond Electronics Corp., Taichung, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/08 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/08 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/102 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data storage device having a non-volatile memory and a controller and a control method for the non-volatile memory are disclosed. The non-volatile memory has a plurality of blocks for data storage and each block provides a plurality of sectors. The controller allocates erase marker bits in each of the sectors to record the progress of an erase operation performed on the non-volatile memory for resumption of the erase operation when required.