US 7,519,876 B2
Memory card using flash memory and method of controlling the same
Takashi Oshima, Chiba (Japan)
Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Oct. 05, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/242,873.
Claims priority of application No. 2005-193958 (JP), filed on Jul. 01, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2007/0005875 A1, Jan. 04, 2007
Int. Cl. G11C 29/44 (2006.01); G11C 29/50 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 714—710  [714/718] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A memory card comprising:
a memory having a plurality of blocks including management information, and a centralized management block in which the management information of the respective blocks is centralized; and
a control section configured to detect the centralized management block in the memory at a starting time, wherein when the centralized management block includes an error, the control section searches for the management information from the plurality of blocks in the memory and writes the searched management information into the centralized management block of the memory, within a restricted time set in a system.