Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Non-sequential page continuous read
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Application No.: US17321193Application Date: 2021-05-14
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Publication No.: US11630786B2Publication Date: 2023-04-18
- Inventor: Shuo-Nan Hung
- Applicant: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP
- Agent Andrew L. Dunlap
- Main IPC: G06F13/16
- IPC: G06F13/16 ; G06F3/06 ; G06F11/10 ; G11C29/52

Abstract:
A memory device such as a page mode NAND flash including a page buffer, and an input/output interface for I/O data units having an I/O width less than the page width supports continuous page read with non-sequential addresses. A controller controls a continuous page read operation to output a stream of pages at the I/O interface. The continuous read operation includes responding to a series of commands to output a continuous stream of pages. The series of commands including a first command and a plurality of intra-stream commands received before completing output of a preceding page in the stream. The first command includes an address to initiate the continuous page read operation, and at least one intra-stream command in the plurality of intra-stream commands includes a non-sequential address to provide the non-sequential page in the stream of pages.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210271612A1 NON-SEQUENTIAL PAGE CONTINUOUS READ Public/Granted day:2021-09-02
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