NAND Flash Spare Area

Assignment Standard
27. April. 2005
Memory Division
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
Product
Product Planning
Planning &
&
Application
Application Eng.
Eng. Team
Team

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The Leader
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in Memory
Memory Technology
Technology

SPARE AREA ASSIGNMENT STANDARD

! "#$%&'

Main area
512 B

LSN0

LSN1

LSN2

1st B

2nd B

3rd B

RESER RESER
VED
VED

4th B

5th B

BI
6th B

%&'

%&' (&

Spare area
16 B

ECC0 ECC1 ECC2

7th B

#%&'

8th B

9th B

S-ECC0

S-ECC1

RESER
VED

RESER
VED

RESER
VED

RESER
VED

RESER
VED

10th B

11th B

12th B

13h B

14h B

15th B

16th B

> LSN : Logical Sector Number

> ECC0,ECC1,ECC2 : ECC code for Main area data
> S_ECC0,S_ECC1 : ECC code for LSN data
> BI : Bad block Information
Product
Product Planning
Planning &
&
Application
Application Eng.
Eng. Team
Team

The
The Leader
Leader in
in Memory
Memory Technology
Technology

SPARE AREA ASSIGNMENT STANDARD

#$)
! "#$%&'

%&'

Main area
256W

LSN0
Bit 0

LSB

LSN1

LSN2

Bit 15

MSB

LSB

1st W

RESER RESER
VED
VED

MSB

2nd W

LSB

RESER
VED

MSB

3rd W

#
#%&'

%&' (&

Spare area
8W

ECCa ECCb ECCc

S-ECCa

S-ECCb

BI

RESER
VED

RESER
VED

RESER
VED

RESER
VED

MSB

MSB

LSB

MSB

LSB

MSB

LSB

MSB

LSB

4th W

LSB

5th W

6th W

7th W

> LSN : Logical Sector Number

> ECCa,ECCb,ECCc : ECC code for Main area data
> S_ECCa,S_ECCb : ECC code for LSN data
> BI : Bad block Information
Product
Product Planning
Planning &
&
Application
Application Eng.
Eng. Team
Team

The
The Leader
Leader in
in Memory
Memory Technology
Technology

8th W

SPARE AREA ASSIGNMENT STANDARD

* +

,
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Main area
512 B

BI
1st B

RESER
VED

2nd B

Main area
512 B

Main area
512 B

Main area
512 B

Spare Spare Spare Spare

area area area area
16 B 16 B 16 B 16 B

LSN0

LSN1

LSN2

RESER RESER RESER

VED
VED
VED

3rd B

4th B

5th B

6th B

7th B

8th B

ECC0 ECC1 ECC2

9th B

10th B

11th B

S-ECC0

S-ECC1

RESER
VED

RESER
VED

RESER
VED

12th B

13h B

14h B

15th B

16th B

> LSN : Logical Sector Number

> ECC0,ECC1,ECC2 : ECC code for Main area data
> S_ECC0,S_ECC1 : ECC code for LSN data
> BI : Bad block Information
Product
Product Planning
Planning &
&
Application
Application Eng.
Eng. Team
Team

The
The Leader
Leader in
in Memory
Memory Technology
Technology

SPARE AREA ASSIGNMENT STANDARD

$ +

,)

! " (&' (&'$(& -

Main area
256W

Bit 0

BI

BI

LSB

MSB

Main area
256W

LSN0
Bit 15

LSB

1st W

Main area
256W

LSN1

LSN2

MSB

LSB

2nd W

Spare Spare Spare Spare

area area area area
8W
8W
8W
8W

Main area
256W

RESER RESER RESER

VED
VED
VED

MSB

3rd W

LSB

MSB

4th W

ECCa ECCb ECCc

S-ECCa

MSB

MSB

LSB

5th W

LSB

6th W

S-ECCb

LSB

RESER
VED

RESER
VED

RESER
VED

MSB

LSB

MSB

7th W

> LSN : Logical Sector Number

> ECCa,ECCb,ECCc : ECC code for Main area data
> S_ECCa,S_ECCb : ECC code for LSN data
> BI : Bad block Information
Product
Product Planning
Planning &
&
Application
Application Eng.
Eng. Team
Team

The
The Leader
Leader in
in Memory
Memory Technology
Technology

8th W