US 7,603,525 B2
Flash memory management method that is resistant to data corruption by power loss
Menahem Lasser, Kohav Yair (Israel)
Assigned to Sandisk IL Ltd., Kfar Saba (Israel)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/159,170.
Application 11/159170 is a continuation of application No. 10/608189, filed on Jun. 30, 2003, granted, now 6,988,175.
Prior Publication US 2005/0240721 A1, Oct. 27, 2005
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 711—154  [711/103] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A data storage system, comprising:
(a) a data storage medium including a plurality of pages; and
(b) a controller for writing new data to said plurality of pages in a manner that precludes corruption of old data stored in a first one of said plurality of pages, if writing said new data to a second one, of said plurality of pages, that shares at least one cell of said data storage medium with said first one of said plurality of pages, is interrupted.