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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
May. 31, 2013
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Giovanni Campardo, Bergamo, IT;
Stefano Corno, Agrate Brianza, IT;
Gian Pietro Vanalli, S. Bartolomeo, IT;
Manuela Scognamiglio, Molgora, IT;
Danilo Caraccio, Buonalbergo, IT;
Federico Tiziani, Muggio′, IT;
Massimiliano Magni, Lomagna, IT;
Andrea Ghilardelli, Cinisello Balsamo, IT;
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/42 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G11C 29/54 (2006.01); G11C 29/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/42 (2013.01); G11C 2029/0411 (2013.01); G06F 11/1048 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system are disclosed in which a first non-volatile memory includes blocks that store data, and a second memory that stores overhead information related to the blocks storing the data. The amount of the second memory storing the overhead information related to the at least one block of the plurality of blocks is varied.