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Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 22, 2015
Applicant:

Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Yu-Ming Chang, Pingtung County, TW;

Yung-Chun Li, New Taipei, TW;

Hsiang-Pang Li, Zhubei, TW;

Yuan-Hao Chang, Taipai, TW;

Tei-Wei Kuo, New Taipei, TW;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2013.01); G11C 11/5628 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 2211/5641 (2013.01); G11C 2211/5648 (2013.01);
Abstract

An operating method for a memory, the memory comprising at least one memory block including a plurality of first pages and a plurality of second pages corresponding to the first pages, the operating method including the following steps: determining whether a target first page of the first pages is valid, wherein the target first page is corresponding to a target second page of the second pages; if the target first page is valid, performing first type programming on the target second page; if the target first page is invalid, performing second type programming on the target second page.


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