Patent ID: 11894067
Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 19:
20. The method as set forth in claim 19, wherein the memory apparatus further includes a garbage collector configured to prepare the plurality of blocks for an erase operation, the method further includes the steps of:
setting the one of the plurality of blocks inaccessible and letting the one of the plurality of blocks relax for the predetermined relaxation time after the data has been relocated;
setting the one of the plurality of blocks accessible and sending it to the garbage collector once the predetermined relaxation time has elapsed;
finishing one of the erase operation and a program operation of the one of the plurality of blocks after setting the one of the plurality of blocks being accessible; and
receiving the read request associated with one of the plurality of read operations after finishing one of the erase operation and the program operation of the one of the plurality of blocks.