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| United States Patent | 6011741 |
| Link to this page | http://www.wikipatents.com/6011741.html |
| Inventor(s) | Wallace; Robert F. (Sunnyvale, CA), Norman; Robert D. (San Jose, CA), Harari; Eliyahou (Los Gatos, CA) |
| Abstract | A very small computer memory card is densely packed with a large number of
flash EEPROM integrated circuit chips. A computer memory system provides
for the ability to removably connect one or more of such cards with a
common controller circuit that interfaces between the memory cards and a
standard computer system bus. Alternately, each card can be provided with
the necessary controller circuitry and thus is connectable directly to the
computer system bus. An electronic system is described for a memory system
and its controller within a single memory card. In a preferred physical
arrangement, the cards utilize a main circuit board with a plurality of
sub-boards attached thereto on both sides, each sub-board carrying several
integrated circuit chips. |
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January 4, 2000 |
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| Filing Date |
July 23, 1998 |
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| Parent Case |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/907,111, filed Aug. 6,
1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,867,417 which is a continuation of application
Ser. No. 08/527,254, filed Sep. 12, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,663,901,
which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/736,732, filed Jul. 26,
1991, now abandoned, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of
application Ser. No. 07/684,034, filed Apr. 11, 1991, now abandoned.
This is also related to another patent application filed concurrently
herewith, entitled "Device and Method for Controlling Solid-State Memory
System", naming Robert D. Norman, Karl M. J. Lofgren, Jeffrey D. Stai,
Anil Gupta and Sanjay Mehrotra as inventors, Ser. No. 07/736,733, now U.S.
Pat. No. 5,430,859, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by this
reference. |
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