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Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 24, 2014
Applicant:

Htc Corporation, Taoyuan, TW;

Inventors:

Yi-Hsin Liao, Hsinchu County, TW;

Fu-Jen Yeh, Hsinchu County, TW;

Chia-Yin Lu, Taoyuan, TW;

Shih-Hung Chu, Taoyuan, TW;

Assignee:

HTC Corporation, Taoyuan, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G06F 11/1456 (2013.01); G11C 16/105 (2013.01);
Abstract

A storage device, an electronic device, and a corresponding method for programming a memory are provided. The memory includes a plurality of cells. Each of the cells stores a plurality of bits. The bits of the memory are arranged into a plurality of pages of the memory. The method includes the following steps: receiving a host command for programming data into a first page of the memory; and performing 2Plane programming to program the data into the first page and backups the data into a second page of the memory when the first page does not consist of the most significant bits (MSBs) of the cells. The first page and the second page are located in different planes of the memory.


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