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US 8,275,934 B2Granted
Nonvolatile memory device and cache read method using the same
AssigneeHynix Semiconductor Inc.
InventorMyung Su Kim
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Abstract
A nonvolatile memory device includes first and second registers configured to store parameters received via an input/output (IO) unit, a microcontroller configured to control an operation of the nonvolatile memory device according to the parameter stored in the first register, and a control logic unit configured to, when a parameter is received via the IO unit while the microcontroller performs an internal operation, store the received parameter in the second register.
Claims7
A cache read method using a nonvolatile memory device, comprising:
- receiving a parameter setting command for setting parameters for a cache read operation;
- determining whether an internal operation is performed based on an output internal busy signal output from a microcontroller;
- if, as a result of the determination, the microcontroller is determined not to perform the internal operation, storing a received parameter in a first register;
- if, as a result of the determination, the microcontroller is determined to perform the internal operation, storing the received parameter in a second register;
- when a cache read command is received, storing in the first register a value stored in the second register, wherein the storage in the first register occurs in response to information stored as a flag of the second register;
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- performing a cache read operation according to the parameter stored in the first register.
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A nonvolatile memory device, comprising:
- first and second registers;
- a microcontroller configured to control an operation of the nonvolatile memory device according to a parameter stored in the first register;
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- a control logic unit configured to store a parameter received through an input/output (IO) unit in the second register when a determination is made that the microcontroller performs an internal operation and store the received parameter in the first register when a determination is made that the microcontroller does not perform the internal operation.
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