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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2007
Applicants:
Steven T. Sprouse, San Jose, CA (US);
Dhaval Parikh, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sukhminder S. Lobana, Fremont, CA (US);
Shai Traister, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Steven T. Sprouse, San Jose, CA (US);
Dhaval Parikh, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sukhminder S. Lobana, Fremont, CA (US);
Shai Traister, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
SanDisk Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for storing an n-bit (for n>=2) data block in an array of non-volatile memory cells utilizes a predetermined n+k-bit (for k>=1) encoding selected to reduce the number of programmed cells required to store the n-bit data block.