Patent ID: 8086785
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: G06F,G11C

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a plurality of flash memory devices connected with a controller through a common bus, each of the plurality of flash memory devices having a page buffer and memory cells, the controller having a data storage, the method comprising: finding at least one accessible flash memory device of the plurality of flash memory devices, wherein finding at least one accessible flash memory device of the plurality of flash memory devices comprises finding at least one flash memory device having a page buffer not storing data; writing data from the data storage of the controller to the page buffer of the at least one accessible flash memory devices; and reading back the data at a later time from the page buffer of the at least one accessible flash memory device to the data storage of the controller, before programming the data from the page buffer into the memory cells of the at least one accessible flash memory device.