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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2013
Applicant:
Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology Inc., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Chung-Shan Kuo, New Taipei, TW;
Chih-Hao Chen, New Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology Inc., Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, TW;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/22 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 11/4076 (2006.01); G11C 8/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1441 (2013.01); G11C 7/1006 (2013.01); G11C 7/1051 (2013.01); G11C 7/1072 (2013.01); G11C 7/1078 (2013.01); G11C 7/22 (2013.01); G11C 11/4076 (2013.01); G11C 8/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of booting a system with a non-volatile memory device includes at least the following steps: when the system is powered on, reading a status flag of at least a memory block of the non-volatile memory device, wherein the status flag indicates whether an erase operation applied to the memory block is successfully completed; selectively performing a leakage calibration process upon the memory block according to the status flag; and booting the system according to a boot code stored in the non-volatile memory device.