Abstract:
A power supply apparatus includes first through M-th switching regulators, first through N-th multiplexers, and first through N-th linear regulators, where each of M and N is a natural number greater than or equal to two. The first through M-th switching regulators generate first through M-th reference power signals using an input power signal. The first through N-th multiplexers select one of the first through M-th reference power signals, in response to a power selection signal, to provide first through N-th selection power signals. The first through N-th linear regulators generate first through N-th output power signals using the first through N-th selection power signals. The first through N-th linear regulators are connected to the first through N-th multiplexers, respectively.
Abstract:
A method of operating a flash memory device includes detecting the number of program/erase cycles that have been executed by the flash memory device. A setting value related to the number of times a program loop is performed is changed according to the detected number of program/erase cycles. Data is programmed within the flash memory by performing the program loop one or more times, in response to receiving a write command A determination is made whether the programming has passed or failed, based on whether the number of program loops required to program the data within the flash memory is within a boundary identified by the changed setting-value.