Data erasable method of memory in smart card and smart card thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9727240-B2
Application number	US-201113823744-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 16, 2011
Priority date	Sep 17, 2010
Publication date	Aug 8, 2017
Grant date	Aug 8, 2017

Abstract

The invention relates to a data erasable method of memory in smart cards and smart cards thereof, which includes: when a CPU in the smart card determines a data erasable operation will be proceed in the specified memory of the smart card, cache the data to be written in a random memory cache of the specified memory; after sending a data erasable signal to the specified memory, control itself to enter a standby sleep mode. The data erasable signal is used to indicate the specified memory to process the data erasable operation by obtaining the data to be written from the random memory cache. Using the provided solution, the current of the machine card interface can be reduced when a data erasable is proceed in the specified memory of the smart card, thus abnormal conditions due to the high current of the machine card interface are avoided, and the power consumption is reduced at the same time, the standby time of the device which the smart card is in is improved.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of erasing and writing data from and to a memory in a smart card, comprising:
a Central Processing Unit, CPU, in the smart card, buffering data to be written into a random memory buffer of a specified memory in the smart card upon determining a data erasing and writing operation to be performed on the specified memory; and
the CPU entering a standby and sleep mode after transmitting a data erasing and writing signal to the specified memory, wherein the data erasing and writing signal instructs the specified memory to perform the data erasing and writing operation by acquiring the data to be written from the random memory buffer;
wherein the CPU has entered the standby and sleep mode while the specified memory performs the data erasing and writing operation;
wherein the method further comprises:
the CPU receiving a recovery signal transmitted from the specified memory after the data erasing and writing operation; and
the CPU entering a normal operating mode from the standby and sleep mode according to an instruction of the recovery signal after the specified memory performs the data erasing and writing operation.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the data erasing and writing signal and/or the recovery signal are/is interruption signals and/or an interruption signal.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the specified memory is a nonvolatile NAND flash memory or a nonvolatile NOR flash memory.

4. A smart card, comprising a Central Processing Unit, CPU, and a memory, wherein:
the CPU is configured to buffer data to be written into a random memory buffer of the memory upon determining a data erasing and writing operation to be performed on the memory; and to enter a standby and sleep mode after transmitting a data erasing and writing signal to the memory; and
the memory is configured to perform the data erasing and writing operation by acquiring the data to be written from the random memory buffer upon reception of the data erasing and writing signal;
wherein the CPU has entered the standby and sleep mode while the memory performs the data erasing and writing operation;
wherein the memory is further configured to transmit a recovery signal to the CPU after performing the data erasing and writing operation; and
the CPU is further configured to enter a normal operating mode from the standby and sleep mode after the memory performs the data erasing and writing operation according to an instruction of the recovery signal received.

5. The smart card according to claim 4 , wherein the CPU is configured to transmit the data erasing and writing signal as an interruption signal; and/or
the memory is configured to transmit the recovery signal as an interruption signal.

6. The smart card according to claim 4 , wherein the memory is a nonvolatile NAND flash memory or a nonvolatile NOR flash memory.

7. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the specified memory is a nonvolatile NAND flash memory or a nonvolatile NOR flash memory.

8. The smart card according to claim 5 , wherein the memory is a nonvolatile NAND flash memory or a nonvolatile NOR flash memory.

Assignees

• Li Lin
• China Mobile Comm Corp

Inventors

• Li Lin

Classifications

• G06F12/0246 Primary

  in block erasable memory, e.g. flash memory · CPC title

• G06F3/0604 Primary

  Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management · CPC title

• G06F2212/177

  Smart card · CPC title

• G06F3/0655

  Vertical data movement, i.e. input-output transfer; data movement between one or more hosts and one or more storage devices · CPC title

• G06F2212/1028

  Power efficiency · CPC title