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US 7,609,561 B2Granted
Disabling faulty flash memory dies
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsMichael J. Cornwell, Christopher P. Dudte
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Abstract
Articles and associated methods and systems relate to disabling defective flash memory dies in a device containing multiple flash memory dies. Packages containing multiple flash memory dies may be labeled to indicate a flash memory data storage capacity based on the flash memory dies that are not disabled. Various disabling methods may be applied at the die level, package level, and/or board level.
Claims16
A method of operating a flash memory device having multiple flash memory dies, the method comprising:
- identifying one or more defective flash memory dies in a flash memory device;
- disabling memory access operations to each identified die;
- and
- labeling the flash memory device to indicate an amount of available flash memory in the flash memory device other than the identified die.
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A flash memory device having multiple flash memory dies, the device comprising:
- one or more non-defective flash memory dies;
- one or more flash memory die that have been identified as defective;
- means for disabling access to the die identified as defective;
- and
- a label on the flash memory device to indicate a storage capacity of the non-defective flash memory.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.