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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Avraham Poza Meir, Herzlia Pituach, IL;
Evan R. Boyle, Cupertino, CA (US);
Christopher J. Sarcone, Cupertino, CA (US);
Barak Rotbard, Herzlia Pituach, IL;
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 1/30 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01); G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G11C 14/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/4074 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/30 (2013.01); G06F 1/3275 (2013.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G06F 3/0625 (2013.01); G06F 3/0655 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G11C 5/148 (2013.01); G11C 11/40615 (2013.01); G11C 14/0018 (2013.01); G11C 11/4074 (2013.01);
Abstract
A storage device includes a non-volatile memory, a volatile memory and a controller. The volatile memory supports a normal mode and a self-refresh mode. The controller is configured to store data for a host in the non-volatile memory while using the volatile memory in the normal mode and, in response to receiving a power-down command from the host, to deactivate at least part of the storage device and to switch the volatile memory from the normal mode to the self-refresh mode.