Method of collecting garbage blocks in a solid state drive

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APP PUB NO 20160019142A1
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14556250

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A method of collecting garbage blocks in a solid state drive includes collecting a garbage block of a multiple level cell flash memory, selecting a spare block as a target block, copying effective data of the garbage block to a physical cell of the target block, searching for unprogrammed physical pages of the physical cell of the target block, using dummy data to complete programming of the unprogrammed physical pages of the physical cell, deleting the effective data in the garbage block, and recycling the garbage block to be a new spare block.

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QUANTA STORAGE INC3F NO 188 WENHUA 2ND RD GUISHAN SHIANG TAOYUAN COUNTY

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Hsiao, Yi-Long Taoyuan County, TW 31 77
Lin, Cheng-Yi Taoyuan County, TW 62 179

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