Invention Grant
US08949507B2 Method for performing block management, and associated memory device and controller thereof
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用于执行块管理的方法及其相关联的存储器件及其控制器
- Patent Title: Method for performing block management, and associated memory device and controller thereof
- Patent Title (中): 用于执行块管理的方法及其相关联的存储器件及其控制器
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Application No.: US13115962Application Date: 2011-05-25
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Publication No.: US08949507B2Publication Date: 2015-02-03
- Inventor: Po-Sheng Chou , Ching-Chin Chang , Yang-Chih Shen
- Applicant: Po-Sheng Chou , Ching-Chin Chang , 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: TW99132561A 20100927
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00 ; G06F13/00 ; G06F13/28 ; G06F12/02 ; G11C29/00 ; G11C29/04

Abstract:
A method for performing block management is provided. The method is applied to a controller of a Flash memory having multiple channels. The Flash memory includes a plurality of blocks respectively corresponding to the channels. The method includes: temporarily storing at least one index of at least one good block that is not grouped into any meta block into a spare good block table, where the good block is a block that is not determined as a bad block within the plurality of blocks; and when it is detected that a specific block corresponding to a specific channel within blocks currently grouped into meta blocks is a bad block, dynamically updating the spare good block table for use of block management. In particular, when needed, the good block is utilized for replacing a block grouped into a meta block. An associated memory device and a controller thereof are also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120079168A1 METHOD FOR PERFORMING BLOCK MANAGEMENT, AND ASSOCIATED MEMORY DEVICE AND CONTROLLER THEREOF Public/Granted day:2012-03-29
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