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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2024
Infineon Technologies Llc, San Jose, CA (US);
Infineon Technologies LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a non-volatile memory (NVM) device includes: reading, by a memory controller of the NVM device, first metadata bits and first redundant bits stored in an erase sector of a memory cell array of the NVM device, where the first redundant bits are generated using an error-correction code (ECC) for protection of the first metadata bits; and performing an ECC decoding process for the first metadata bits, which includes: forming a first data frame by filling the first data frame with the first metadata bits, a first number of dummy bits, and the first redundant bits; computing, by the memory controller, a syndrome vector for the first data frame in accordance with the error-correction code; and in response to determining that the syndrome vector comprises a non-zero element, performing, by the memory controller, error correction for the first data frame to obtain decoded first metadata bits.