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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
May. 10, 2007
Ofir Shalvi, Ra'anana, IL;
Naftali Sommer, Rishon Le-Zion, IL;
Ariel Maislos, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dotan Sokolov, Ra'anana, IL;
Ofir Shalvi, Ra'anana, IL;
Naftali Sommer, Rishon Le-Zion, IL;
Ariel Maislos, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dotan Sokolov, Ra'anana, IL;
Anobit Technologies Ltd., Herzliya, IL;
Abstract
A method for operating a memory device () includes encoding data using an Error Correction Code (ECC) and storing the encoded data as first analog values in respective analog memory cells () of the memory device. After storing the encoded data, second analog values are read from the respective memory cells of the memory device in which the encoded data were stored. At least some of the second analog values differ from the respective first analog values. A distortion that is present in the second analog values is estimated. Error correction metrics are computed with respect to the second analog values responsively to the estimated distortion. The second analog values are processed using the error correction metrics in an ECC decoding process, so as to reconstruct the data.