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Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 24, 2020
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Krishna K. Parat, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Ravi H. Motwani, Fremont, CA (US);

Rohit S. Shenoy, Fremont, CA (US);

Ali Khakifirooz, Brookline, MA (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1068 (2013.01); G11C 11/5621 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01);
Abstract

Error correction coding (ECC) mis-corrected reads, if undetected, result in silent data corruption of a non-volatile memory device. Overcoming ECC mis-corrected reads is based on a read signature of a result of reading a page in the non-volatile memory device. An ECC mis-correct logic counts the number of bits in the end-most buckets into which the bits of the result is divided. End-most buckets that are overpopulated or starved reveal a tell-tale read signature of an ECC mis-correct. The ECC mis-correct is likely to occur when the read reference voltage level used to read the page is shifted in one direction or another to an extreme amount that risks reading data from a different page. Detecting ECC mis-corrected reads can be used to overcome the ECC mis-corrects and mitigate silent data corruption.


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