| US 7,490,193 B2 | ||
| Flash memory devices with MMC interfaces and methods of operating the same | ||
| Seong-kue Jo, Gyeonggi (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Gyeonggi-do (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 11, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/247,815. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2005-0050468 (KR), filed on Jun. 13, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0282609 A1, Dec. 14, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 12/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 711—103 [711/115; 713/2] | 18 Claims |
| 1. An MMC form-factor flash memory device comprising:
a non-volatile memory cell array;
a multimedia card interface circuit configured to interface with an external host system using a multimedia card communication
protocol; and
a peripheral circuit configured to control read/program/erase operations of the non-volatile memory cell array under the control
of the multimedia card interface circuit, wherein the non-volatile memory cell array, the multimedia card interface circuit,
and the peripheral circuit are on a single integrated circuit chip, wherein the multimedia card interface circuit includes
a register configured to store card identification information read out of the non-volatile memory cell array by the peripheral
circuit during power-up of the flash memory device.
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