| US 7,584,304 B2 | ||
| Non-volatile memory storage device including an interface select switch and associated method | ||
| Jeong-Woo Lee, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); and Dong-Ryul Ryu, Gyeonggi-do (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electronics, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 13, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/181,212. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2004-0076914 (KR), filed on Sep. 24, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0069820 A1, Mar. 30, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 710—2 | 16 Claims |
| 1. A device comprising:
a non-volatile semiconductor memory; and
an interface unit including a plurality of storage interfaces, the plurality of storage interfaces including:
an Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) storage interface directly coupled to an external host to convert data in accordance
with an ATA protocol when selected responsive to a selection signal; and
a Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) storage interface directly coupled to the external host to convert the data
in accordance with a SATA protocol when selected responsive to the selection signal; and
a memory controller to scramble the converted data and to map an input digital signal stream to a signal stream with different
statistical characteristic;
where the interface unit is structured to select a storage interface from the plurality of storage interfaces responsive to
the selection signal;
where the host is external to the device, and the non-volatile semiconductor memory is structured to exchange the data with
the external host via the selected storage interface; and
where the non-volatile semiconductor memory includes one or more non-volatile memory chips, and any selected one of the ATA
storage interface and SATA storage interface is commonly connected to the one or more non-volatile memory chips.
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