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Patent US7114659 - Universal non-volatile memory card used with various different standard ... - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA mother/daughter card non-volatile memory system includes a daughter card containing the memory and a mother card containing the memory controller and host interface circuits. The daughter memory card contains as little more than the memory cell array as is practical, in order to minimize its cost,...http://www.google.com/patents/US7114659?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7114659 - Universal non-volatile memory card used with various different standard cards containing a memory controllerAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS7114659 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/075,438Publication dateOct 3, 2006Filing dateMar 7, 2005Priority dateNov 13, 2002Fee statusPaidAlso published asCN1732448A, CN100589090C, DE60315337D1, DE60315337T2, DE60328637D1, EP1561170A2, EP1561170B1, EP1785882A2, EP1785882A3, EP1785882B1, US7367503, US8752765, US20040089717, US20050198424, US20090321530, US20130087623, WO2004044755A2, WO2004044755A3Publication number075438, 11075438, US 7114659 B2, US 7114659B2, US-B2-7114659, US7114659 B2, US7114659B2InventorsEliyahou Harari, Bo Eric Ericsson, Robert F. WallaceOriginal AssigneeSandisk CorporationExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (101), Non-Patent Citations (35), Referenced by (86), Classifications (24), Legal Events (4) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetUniversal non-volatile memory card used with various different standard cards containing a memory controller
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