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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2023
Applicant:
Silicon Motion, Inc., Hsinchu County, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Silicon Motion, Inc., Hsinchu County, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/56 (2005.12); G06F 3/06 (2005.12); G11C 16/08 (2005.12); G11C 16/26 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/5642 (2012.12); G06F 3/0604 (2012.12); G06F 3/0622 (2012.12); G06F 3/0629 (2012.12); G06F 3/0638 (2012.12); G06F 3/0679 (2012.12); G11C 11/5628 (2012.12); G11C 16/08 (2012.12); G11C 16/26 (2012.12);
Abstract
A method for performing memory access of a Flash cell of a Flash memory includes: performing a series of sensing operations respectively corresponding to a plurality of sensing voltages, wherein a sensing voltage of a specific sensing operation of the series of sensing operations has a sensing voltage determined according to a result of an initial sensing operation of the series of sensing operations; determining a threshold voltage of the Flash cell according to at least a digital value generated by the series of sensing operations; and using the determined threshold voltage to perform soft decoding of the Flash cell.