Patent ID: 6327639
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: G06F,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of storing digital information within a nonvolatile memory unit, the nonvolatile memory unit being organized into a plurality of blocks, the digital information having user data and overhead information, the overhead information including translation information, the method comprising the steps of:a. storing the user data into a first group of blocks;b. storing the overhead information into a second group of the blocks wherein the first group of blocks and the second group of blocks are programmed separately;c. designating a primary buffer within one of the second group of blocks, said primary buffer having rows of nonvolatile memory cells; andd. programming a block of information within said nonvolatile memory unit one or more times and each time storing the overhead information associated with the programmed block in an unused location within a row of the primary buffer.