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
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.