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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2016
Applicant:
Silicon Motion, Inc., Jhubei, TW;
Inventors:
Chi-Lung Wang, Zhubei, TW;
Chia-Ta Huang, Zhubei, TW;
Assignee:
Silicon Motion, Inc., Jhubei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 11/1068 (2013.01); G11C 29/70 (2013.01); G11C 29/76 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7201 (2013.01); G11C 16/06 (2013.01); G11C 29/832 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data storage device including a flash memory and a controller. The flash memory includes a plurality of dies having a plurality of columns, wherein each of the columns is constituted by a plurality of sectors. The controller performs a read operation or a write operation from a first column to an Nth column in response to a read command or a write command, and skips at least two columns within the range of the first column to the Nth column according to a first bad column data set, wherein the first bad column data set has a starting address and the number of columns.