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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2024
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Suyong Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Ilhan Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A memory device includes a first memory cell array and a second memory cell array, a first page buffer and a second page buffer configured to read data from the first memory cell array and the second memory cell array, respectively; and a first compression circuit configured to compress first soft decision data into first compressed data by encoding a location of a bit having a first value among bits of the first soft decision data, the first soft decision data being obtained from the first memory cell array by using a plurality of soft read voltages, wherein the first compression circuit is further configured to compress the first soft decision data into the first compressed data while second hard decision data is being output, the second hard decision data being read from the second memory cell array by using a hard read voltage.