NON-VOLATILE MEMORY AND METHOD WITH SMALL LOGICAL GROUPS DISTRIBUTED AMONG ACTIVE SLC AND MLC MEMORY PARTITIONS - Patent 2710475

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EP 2 710 475 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	26.03.2014 Bulletin 2014/13

(21)	Application number: 12722632.2

(22)	Date of filing: 11.05.2012

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06F 12/02^(2006.01)
G11C 11/56^(2006.01)

G11C 7/10^(2006.01)
G11C 16/10^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2012/037511

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2012/158514 (22.11.2012 Gazette 2012/47)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

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Priority:

17.05.2011 US 201161487234 P
10.05.2012 US 201213468720

(71)	Applicant: SanDisk Technologies Inc.
	Plano, Texas 75024 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	GOROBETS, Sergey Anatolievich Edinburgh Midlothian EH9 3ES (GB) WU, William S. Cupertino, California 95014 (US) SPROUSE, Stephen T. San Jose, California 95129 (US)

(74)	Representative: Prock, Thomas
	Marks & Clerk LLP 90 Long Acre London WC2E 9RA London WC2E 9RA (GB)

(54)	NON-VOLATILE MEMORY AND METHOD WITH SMALL LOGICAL GROUPS DISTRIBUTED AMONG ACTIVE SLC AND MLC MEMORY PARTITIONS