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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2008
Applicant:
Tholasampatti Subramanian Sudhindra Prasad, Dresden, DE;
Inventor:
Tholasampatti Subramanian Sudhindra Prasad, Dresden, DE;
Assignee:
Qimonda Flash GmbH, Dresden, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for leveling bit errors in a charge-trapping memory device is included. The memory device has a first and a second sector of memory cells. The first sector is validated by counting a number of bit failures occurring in memory cells of the first sector, the bit failures caused by accessing memory cells of the second sector. Data stored in the first sector is backed up if the validating indicates a likelihood of a forthcoming failure in the first sector.