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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2007
Jun Jin Kong, Yongin-si, KR;
Seung-hwan Song, Incheon, KR;
Dong Hyuk Chae, Seoul, KR;
Kyoung Lae Cho, Yongin-si, KR;
Seung Jae Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Nam Phil JO, Seoul, KR;
Sung Chung Park, Daejeon, KR;
Dong Ku Kang, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jun Jin Kong, Yongin-si, KR;
Seung-Hwan Song, Incheon, KR;
Dong Hyuk Chae, Seoul, KR;
Kyoung Lae Cho, Yongin-si, KR;
Seung Jae Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Nam Phil Jo, Seoul, KR;
Sung Chung Park, Daejeon, KR;
Dong Ku Kang, Seongnam-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
An Error Control Code (ECC) apparatus applied to a memory of a Multi-Level Cell (MLC) method may include: a bypass control signal generator generating a bypass control signal; and an ECC performing unit that may include at least two ECC decoding blocks, determining whether to bypass a portion of the at least two ECC decoding blocks based on the bypass control signal, and/or performing an ECC decoding. In addition or in the alternative, the ECC performing unit may include at least two ECC encoding blocks, determining whether to bypass a portion of the at least two ECC encoding blocks based on the bypass control signal, and/or performing an ECC encoding. An ECC method applied to a memory of a MLC method and a computer-readable recording medium storing a program for implementing an EEC method applied to a memory of a MLC method are also disclose.