Memory super block allocation

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8239614
APP PUB NO 20100228928A1
SERIAL NO

12397402

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The present disclosure includes methods and devices for memory block selection. In one or more embodiments, a memory controller includes control circuitry coupled to one or more memory devices having multiple Groups of planes associated therewith, each Group including at least two planes of physical blocks organized into Super Blocks, with each Super Block including a physical block from each of the at least two planes. The control circuitry is configured to receive a first unassigned logical block address (LBA) associated with a write operation and determine a particular free Super Block within a selected one of the multiple Groups to receive data associated with the write operation.

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U S BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS COLLATERAL AGENT100 WALL STREET SUITE 1600 NEW YORK NY 10005

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Asnaashari, Mehdi Danville, US 121 2478
Chen, Alan Cupertino, US 83 1083
McNamara, Dale P San Jose, US 2 67
Nemazie, Siamack Los Altos Hills, US 119 3112

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