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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2024
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Junho Shin, Suwon-si, KR;
Soonyoung Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Hanbyeul Na, Suwon-si, KR;
Dong-Min Shin, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An operation method of a controller for controlling a memory device, including: sequentially receiving first hard decision data and first data from a first memory block of the memory device; based on the receiving of the first hard decision data being completed, starting initial soft decision decoding based on the first hard decision data and first coarse data; while the initial soft decision decoding is being performed, replacing the first coarse data with first soft decision data based on the first data received from the memory device; and after the initial soft decision decoding is completed, performing first soft decision decoding based on the first hard decision data and the first soft decision data.