External storage device unit
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorHiroshi Iwasaki
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Abstract
An external storage device includes an external storage device main includes a thin type external storage device module formed into a package sealed on one side from a storage element containing at least one non-volatile semiconductor memory device, and a flat type external connection terminal connected to an input/output terminal of the storage element and led and exposed to a backside of the module, and an external storage device unit that includes an external storage device main detachable section for engaging, insertedly attaching and detaching the external storage device main, a resilient contact electrically connecting to the external connection terminal of the external storage device main, and at least a part of a circuit for driving and controlling the storage element.
Claims9
A card shaped external storage device unit capable of interfacing with a card shaped external storage device main that stores data, the card shaped external storage device main comprising a storage element containing at least one flash type non-volatile semiconductor memory device capable of being electrically written with the data to be stored, and a flat type connection terminal formed on a surface of the card shaped external storage device main, the card shaped external storage device unit comprising:
- means capable of engaging, insertedly and rigidly attaching and detaching the external storage device main;
- a resilient contact capable of electrically connecting to the connection terminal of the external storage device main;
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- means capable of driving and controlling the storage element, the driving and controlling means being capable of causing the flash type non-volatile semiconductor memory device to receive, store, and output data, and the driving and controlling means comprising at least an integrated circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.