FLASH MEMORY LIFETIME EVALUATION METHOD
First Claim
1. A flash memory lifetime evaluation method, provided for a control center to dynamically amend, detect and evaluate an ideal lifetime of a built-in or extended flash memory of an electronic device, and the method comprising the steps of:
- detecting a capacity of a memory block, a memory page and a memory cell in the flash memory, and calculating the ideal lifetime of the flash memory by a structure type of the flash memory;
creating a spare area in at least one of the flash memory and the control center;
generating a testing command by the control center and transmitting the testing command to the flash memory, such that the flash memory executes a memory test according to the testing command, and the flash memory feeds back a test result to the spare area according to the memory test to form an amend parameter; and
retrieving the amend parameter in the spare area by the control center, to selectively amend the ideal lifetime by the amend parameter.
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Abstract
A flash memory lifetime evaluation method is introduced for dynamically amending, detecting and evaluating an ideal lifetime (or standard lifetime) of a built-in or expanded flash memory of an electronic device, and the method comprises the steps of calculating the ideal lifetime according to the capacity of the flash memory, creating a spare area in at least one of the flash memory and the control center, generating a testing command by the control center and transmitting the testing command to the flash memory such that the flash memory executes a memory test according to the testing command, and the flash memory feeds back a test result to the spare area as an amend parameter according to the memory test, and the control center retrieves the amend parameter stored in the spare area to selectively amend the ideal lifetime by the amend parameter.
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17 Claims
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1. A flash memory lifetime evaluation method, provided for a control center to dynamically amend, detect and evaluate an ideal lifetime of a built-in or extended flash memory of an electronic device, and the method comprising the steps of:
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detecting a capacity of a memory block, a memory page and a memory cell in the flash memory, and calculating the ideal lifetime of the flash memory by a structure type of the flash memory; creating a spare area in at least one of the flash memory and the control center; generating a testing command by the control center and transmitting the testing command to the flash memory, such that the flash memory executes a memory test according to the testing command, and the flash memory feeds back a test result to the spare area according to the memory test to form an amend parameter; and retrieving the amend parameter in the spare area by the control center, to selectively amend the ideal lifetime by the amend parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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