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Patent No.:

US 9612773 B1

Date of Patent:

Apr. 04, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2014

User device having a host flash translation layer (ftl), a method for transferring an erase count thereof, a method for transferring reprogram information thereof, and a method for transferring a page offset of an open block thereof

Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Wan-Soo Choi, Suwon-si, KR;

Jun-Ho Jang, Yongin-si, KR;

Yonghwan Song, Suwon-si, KR;

Min-Woo Kim, Yongin-si, KR;

Woonjae Chung, Gunpo-si, KR;

Assignee:

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;

Attorney:

F. Chau & Associates, LLC

Primary Examiner:

Sheng-Jen Tsai

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 3/0661 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G11C 16/102 (2013.01);

Abstract

A user device includes a storage device including a flash memory; and a host connected to the storage device via an interface and adapted to transmit data to the storage device. The host provides the storage device with erase count information of the flash memory using a host flash translation layer (FTL), provides the storage device with reprogram information when the flash memory uses a reprogram method, or provides the storage device with page offset information of an open block of the flash memory.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Choi, Wan-Soo. (2017). User device having a host flash translation layer (ftl), a method for transferring an erase count thereof, a method for transferring reprogram information thereof, and a method for transferring a page offset of an open block thereof (U.S. Patent No. 9612773). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9612773

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