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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2013
Macronix International Co., Ltd., 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;
Shih-Chou Juan, Yangmei, TW;
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method for programming a non-volatile memory including a plurality of blocks, each block including a plurality of sections, each section including at least one page, and each page including a plurality of memory cells. The method includes checking a current section of the plurality of sections against a damaged section table to determine whether the current section is damaged. The damaged section table records information about whether a section in the memory is good or damaged. The method further includes using the current section for programming if the current section is not damaged.