Semiconductor memory apparatus and method for writing data into the flash memory device
CA 2461446 A1 · Owner: Inagaki, Yoshihisa · Inventors: Inagaki, Yoshihisa; Honda, Toshiyuki
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When rewriting or additionally writing a page in one block of a flash memory data of the previous block is saved in a page buffer (2). Thus it is possible , to eliminate another save buffer other than the page buffer (2) which reduces , the device size than the conventional one. The write object data (DN8 to DN12) to be stored in a page buffer (2) by a host is written in a data area of each page, starting with the first page of the transfer destination block. When completion of transmission of the write object data is notified from the host the data (D13 to D31, D0 to D7) in the transfer origin block is successively and cyclically transferred to pages of the transfer destination block …
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