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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2023
Applicant:
Silicon Motion, Inc., Hsinchu County, TW;
Inventor:
Tsung-Chieh Yang, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
Silicon Motion, Inc., Hsinchu County, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 29/52 (2006.01); H03M 13/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 11/1068 (2013.01); G06F 11/1072 (2013.01); G11C 11/5642 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 16/3427 (2013.01); G11C 29/52 (2013.01); H03M 13/152 (2013.01); G11C 16/0475 (2013.01); G11C 2211/5644 (2013.01); G11C 2211/5648 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for reading data stored in a flash memory includes at least the following steps: controlling the flash memory to perform a plurality of read operations upon a plurality of memory cells included in the flash memory; obtaining a plurality of bit sequences read from the memory cells, respectively, wherein the read operations read bits of a predetermined bit order from the memory cells by utilizing different control gate voltage settings; and determining readout information of the memory cells according to binary digit distribution characteristics of the bit sequences.