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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2012
Applicants:
Venkatesh Ramachandra, San Jose, CA (US);
Farookh Moogat, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Venkatesh Ramachandra, San Jose, CA (US);
Farookh Moogat, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
SanDisk Technologies Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/1668 (2013.01); G11C 7/10 (2013.01); G11C 5/066 (2013.01); G11C 7/1075 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1228 (2013.01);
Abstract
A NAND flash memory chip has a configurable interface that can communicate with a NAND flash memory controller using either parallel communication or serial communication. Serial communication requires fewer channels. Control information from the NAND flash memory controller uses a small number of channels. Double Data Rate (DDR) communication provides serial communication with adequate data transfer speed.