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Scratch pad block

  • US 7,315,916 B2
  • Filed: 12/16/2004
  • Issued: 01/01/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of storing addressable units of data in a non-volatile memory array having a minimum unit of erase of a block and a minimum unit of program of a page, a page containing one or more addressable units of data, a page containing less data than a block, comprising:

  • writing a plurality of addressable units of data in a first block with a first degree of parallelism;

    subsequently copying the plurality of addressable units of data to a second block where they are written in a write operation having a second degree of parallelism that is higher than the first degree of parallelism; and

    subsequently writing additional addressable units of data to the first block while the first block contains the plurality of addressable units of data.

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