Apparatus and method of page program operation for memory devices with mirror back-up of data
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1. A system comprising:
- a plurality of memory devices that are interconnected in-series, each memory device having a page buffer and memory cells, each of the plurality of memory devices having a unique device address; and
an apparatus for controlling the plurality of memory devices, the apparatus comprising a data processor configuredto execute a page program operation with a mirror back-up of data by;
providing a device address for selecting one of the plurality of memory devices as a selected memory device, the provided device address being compared to the unique device address to identify the selected memory device;
writing data to the page buffer of the selected memory device of the plurality of memory devices and to the page buffer of another memory device of the plurality of memory devices;
instructing the selected memory device to program the data loaded in its page buffer into its memory cells; and
determining whether the data is not successfully programmed into the memory cells of the selected memory device, recover the data from the page buffer of the another memory device,to recover the data from the page buffer of the another memory device by;
reading back the data from the page buffer of the another memory device without programming the data into the memory cells of the another memory device,to transmit a single command for writing the data to both the page buffer of the selected memory device and the page buffer of the another memory device,to write the data to both the page buffer of the selected memory device and the page buffer of the another memory device by;
broadcasting a first message to inform all of the memory devices to enter a multi-address detection mode in which the another memory device will process commands addressed to the selected memory device;
sending the single command for writing the data to both the page buffer of the selected memory device and the page buffer of the another memory device; and
broadcasting a second message to inform all of the memory devices to exit the multi-address detection mode.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method of page program operation is provided. When performing a page program operation with a selected memory device, a memory controller loads the data into the page buffer of one selected memory device and also into the page buffer of another selected memory device in order to store a back-up copy of the data. In the event that the data is not successfully programmed into the memory cells of the one selected memory device, then the memory controller recovers the data from the page buffer of the other memory device. Since a copy of the data is stored in the page buffer of the other memory device, the memory controller does not need to locally store the data in its data storage elements.
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1. A system comprising:
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a plurality of memory devices that are interconnected in-series, each memory device having a page buffer and memory cells, each of the plurality of memory devices having a unique device address; and an apparatus for controlling the plurality of memory devices, the apparatus comprising a data processor configured to execute a page program operation with a mirror back-up of data by; providing a device address for selecting one of the plurality of memory devices as a selected memory device, the provided device address being compared to the unique device address to identify the selected memory device; writing data to the page buffer of the selected memory device of the plurality of memory devices and to the page buffer of another memory device of the plurality of memory devices; instructing the selected memory device to program the data loaded in its page buffer into its memory cells; and determining whether the data is not successfully programmed into the memory cells of the selected memory device, recover the data from the page buffer of the another memory device, to recover the data from the page buffer of the another memory device by; reading back the data from the page buffer of the another memory device without programming the data into the memory cells of the another memory device, to transmit a single command for writing the data to both the page buffer of the selected memory device and the page buffer of the another memory device, to write the data to both the page buffer of the selected memory device and the page buffer of the another memory device by; broadcasting a first message to inform all of the memory devices to enter a multi-address detection mode in which the another memory device will process commands addressed to the selected memory device; sending the single command for writing the data to both the page buffer of the selected memory device and the page buffer of the another memory device; and broadcasting a second message to inform all of the memory devices to exit the multi-address detection mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for controlling a plurality of memory devices that are interconnected in-series, each memory device having a page buffer and memory cells, each of the plurality of memory devices having a unique device address, the method comprising:
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providing a device address for selecting one of the plurality of memory devices as a selected memory device; identifying the selected memory device in comparison of the provided device address to the unique device address; writing data to the page buffer of the selected memory device of the plurality of memory devices and to the page buffer of another memory device of the plurality of memory devices; instructing the selected memory device to program the data loaded in its page buffer into its memory cells; determining whether the data is not successfully programmed into the memory cells of the selected memory device, recover the data from the page buffer of the another memory device, reading back the data from the page buffer of the another memory device without programming the data into the memory cells of the another memory device, writing the data to both the page buffer of the selected memory device and the page buffer of the another memory device, broadcasting a first message to inform all of the memory devices to enter a multi-address detection mode in which the another memory device will process commands addressed to the selected memory device; sending the single command for writing the data to both the page buffer of the selected memory device and the page buffer of the another memory device; and broadcasting a second message to inform all of the memory devices to exit the multi-address detection mode. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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