IP Library Granted Patent US 8,316,257
Granted Patent B2
US 8,316,257 · App. 13/086,237 · Granted Nov 20, 2012

NAND power fail recovery

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Patent No.
US 8,316,257
App. No.
13/086,237
Granted
Nov 20, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

Techniques to recover data from an indirected non-volatile memory system after unexpected power failure, as, e.g., NAND memory in electronic devices are disclosed.

Claims (29)

1. A method to recover the state of data stored in NAND memory after power failure in an electronic device, comprising:

detecting, during power failure recovery, a page state associated with a NAND page;

determining whether to include the NAND page in an L2P rebuild operation based at least in part on the page state associated with the NAND page;

updating the L2P table with data from the NAND page by performing operations, comprising:

determining a number of ECC errors or corrections associated with a new page address and the current page address; and

bypassing an update on the L2P table when the number of ECC errors or corrections associated with the new page address is greater than the number of ECC errors or corrections associated with the current page address.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting a page state comprises detecting whether the NAND page is in a blank state.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting a page state comprises determining whether the NAND page is free of ECC errors.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting a page state comprises determining whether a number of ECC corrections associated with a page exceeds a threshold.

5. A system to recover the state of data stored in NAND memory after power failure in an electronic device, comprising logic circuitry to:

detect, during power failure recovery, a page state associated with a NAND page;

determine whether to include the NAND page in an L2P rebuild operation based at least in part on the page state associated with the page;

determine a number of ECC errors or corrections associated with a new page address and the current page address; and

bypass an update on the L2P table when the number of ECC errors or corrections associated with the new page address is greater than the number of ECC errors or corrections associated with the current page address.

6. The system of claim 5 , further comprising logic circuitry to detect whether the NAND page is in a blank state.

7. The system of claim 5 , further comprising logic circuitry to determine whether the NAND page is free of ECC errors.

8. The system of claim 5 , further comprising logic circuitry to determine whether a number of ECC errors associated with a page exceeds a threshold.

9. The system of claim 5 , further comprising logic circuitry to update the L2P table with data from the NAND page.

10. An electronic device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory comprising logic instructions stored in a tangible computer readable medium which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to:

detect, during power failure recovery, a page state associated with a NAND page;

determine whether to include the NAND page in an L2P rebuild operation based at least in part on the page state associated with the page;

determine a number of ECC errors or corrections associated with a new page address and the current page address; and

bypass an update on the L2P table when the number of ECC errors or corrections associated with the new page address is greater than the number of ECC errors or corrections associated with the current page address.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , further comprising logic instructions stored on a tangible computer readable medium which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to detect whether the NAND page is in a blank state.

12. The electronic device of claim 10 , further comprising logic instructions stored on a tangible computer readable medium which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to to determine whether the NAND page is free of ECC errors.

13. The electronic device of claim 10 , further comprising logic instructions stored on a tangible computer readable medium which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to determine whether a number of ECC errors associated with a page exceeds a threshold.

14. The electronic device of claim 10 , further comprising logic instructions stored on a tangible computer readable medium which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to update the L2P table with data from the NAND page.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2023
From: INTEL CORPORATION
To: SK HYNIX NAND PRODUCT SOLUTIONS CORP.
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