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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eliyahou Harari, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Daniel C Guterman, Fremont, CA (US);
Sanjay Mehrotra, Milpitas, CA (US);
Stephen J Gross, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Robert D Norman, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
SanDisk Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
371 401 ; 365190 ;
Abstract
In a mixed data encoding scheme for programming data into a flash sector of a flash EEPROM system, a method for determining which data encoding scheme has been used for programming the retrieved data involves examining whether an error correction code of the data indicates an error.