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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2020
Allegro Microsystems, Llc, Manchester, NH (US);
Muhammed Sarwar, North Grafton, MA (US);
Vyankatesh Gupta, Manchester, NH (US);
James McClay, Dudley, MA (US);
Sundar Chetlur, Bedford, NH (US);
Harianto Wong, Southborough, MA (US);
Gerardo A. Monreal, Buenos Aires, AR;
Nicolás Rafael Biberidis, Barcelona, ES;
Octavio H. Alpago, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, AR;
Nicolas Rigoni, Buenos Aires, AR;
Allegro MicroSystems, LLC, Manchester, NH (US);
Abstract
A method comprising: performing a first read from an address in a data storage module by using a first read voltage; storing, in a first register, data that is retrieved from the data storage module as a result of the first read; performing a second read from the address by using a second read voltage; storing, in a second register, data that is retrieved from the data storage module as a result of the second read; detecting whether a weak bit condition is present at the address based on the data that is stored in the first register and the data that is stored in the second register; and correcting the weak bit condition, when the weak bit condition is present at the address.