| US 7,353,348 B2 | ||
| Nonvolatile memory and card reader provided with the same | ||
| Tsutomu Baba, Nagano (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Nidec Sankyo Corporation, (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 28, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/321,360. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-379233 (JP), filed on Dec. 28, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0143369 A1, Jun. 29, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 13/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 711—156 [711/101; 711/103; 711/107; 711/115] | 5 Claims |

| 1. A nonvolatile memory comprising:
a plurality of blocks as a unit for performing writing and erasing data which is stored in the respective blocks, the blocks
comprising;
a write data area in which data is written and stored;
a correlative code area in which a correlative code indicating a correlation between the data which are written in the respective
write data areas of the respective blocks is stored; and
an inspection data area in which inspection data required in inspection is stored in the respective blocks for inspecting
validity of the data.
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