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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Silicon Motion, Inc., Jhubei, Hsinchu County, TW;
Inventor:
Li-Shuo Hsiao, Zhudong Township, Hsinchu County, TW;
Assignee:
SILICON MOTION, INC., Jhubei, Hsinchu County, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G11C 7/106 (2013.01); G11C 7/1063 (2013.01); G11C 7/1087 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G06F 12/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data storage device includes a flash memory and a controller. The flash memory includes a memory array. The controller performs a programming operation for the flash memory. After the controller issues a program command of the programming operation to the flash memory, the controller issues a first read status command to the flash memory before a page program time of the flash memory has been reached, and the controller determines whether the programming operation is performed in the flash memory according to a first memory status provided by the flash memory.