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US08856425B2 Method for performing meta block management, and associated memory device and controller thereof 有权
用于执行元块管理的方法,以及相关联的存储器件及其控制器

  • Patent Title: Method for performing meta block management, and associated memory device and controller thereof
  • Patent Title (中): 用于执行元块管理的方法,以及相关联的存储器件及其控制器
  • Application No.: US13180559
    Application Date: 2011-07-12
  • Publication No.: US08856425B2
    Publication Date: 2014-10-07
  • Inventor: Yang-Chih Shen
  • Applicant: Yang-Chih Shen
  • Applicant Address: TW Jhubei, Hsinchu County
  • Assignee: Silicon Motion Inc.
  • Current Assignee: Silicon Motion Inc.
  • Current Assignee Address: TW Jhubei, Hsinchu County
  • Agent Winston Hsu; Scott Margo
  • Priority: TW99132563A 20100927
  • Main IPC: G06F12/00
  • IPC: G06F12/00 G06F12/02
Method for performing meta block management, and associated memory device and controller thereof
Abstract:
A method for performing meta block management is provided. The method is applied to a controller of a Flash memory having multiple channels, where the Flash memory includes a plurality of blocks respectively corresponding to the channels. The method includes: utilizing a meta block mapping table to store block grouping relationships respectively corresponding to a plurality of meta blocks, where blocks in each meta block respectively correspond to the channels; and when it is detected that a specific block corresponding to a specific channel within a meta block does not have remaining space for programming, according to the meta block mapping table, utilizing at least one blank block corresponding to the specific channel within at least one other meta block as extension of the specific block, for use of further programming. An associated memory device and a controller thereof are also provided.
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