Patent ID: 8433846
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a memory device, the method comprising: reading Erase Block Management (EBM) data from a particular erase block of an array of memory cells arranged in a plurality of erase blocks, wherein each erase block comprises a plurality of sectors and where each sector comprises a user data space and a control data space; and updating one or more data structures with the EBM data read from the particular erase block; wherein the EBM data is stored in control data spaces of a subset of sectors of the particular erase block; wherein the EBM data comprises data corresponding to a state of the particular erase block in which the EBM data is stored; and wherein updating the one or more data structures with the EBM data read from the particular erase block further comprises updating one or more data structures selected from the group consisting of logical block address to physical block address table, an open block Identification (ID) Random Access Memory (RAM) table, an open block flags table, an open block count table, a block invalid flags table and a block erased flags table.