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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
May. 05, 2025
Silicon Motion, Inc., Hsinchu County, TW;
Tsung-Chieh Yang, Hsinchu City, TW;
Silicon Motion, Inc., Hsinchu County, TW;
Abstract
A method for performing data protection control of a memory device with aid of selective soft-bit transmission and associated apparatus are provided, where the memory device may include a memory controller and a non-volatile (NV) memory. The method may include: sending at least one read command as well as a controller-side indication, the controller-side indication for selectively enabling the selective soft-bit transmission at the NV memory, to the NV memory for obtaining soft-decoding information regarding a first page within a first block among the plurality of blocks, wherein the first page is arranged to store first data; and receiving the soft-decoding information as well as a memory-side indication from the NV memory, wherein the memory-side indication at a first cycle is arranged to indicate whether the NV memory is going to transmit at least one soft bit at a second cycle, the second cycle coming after the first cycle.