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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2002
Frederick A. Perner, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kenneth K. Smith, Boise, ID (US);
David H. McIntyre, Boise, ID (US);
Sarah M. Brandenberger, Boise, ID (US);
Terrel R. Munden, Boise, ID (US);
Robert Sesek, Meridian, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for reducing the effect of noise while reading data from memory, are provided. One system embodiment includes a memory cell that stores a first data; multiple sensing devices that receive the first data and provide a first set of outputs; and a voting system that evaluates the first set of outputs to determine whether one of the outputs of the first set is valid data from the memory cell. One method embodiment includes reading data in parallel that is stored in a memory cell to provide outputs; and evaluating the outputs to determine whether one of the outputs is valid data from the memory cell.