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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2009
Applicants:
Jaehong Kim, Seoul, KR;
Yong June Kim, Seoul, KR;
Seung Hwan Song, Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method, implemented by at least an error correction code (ECC) decoder and a controller, estimates and corrects errors in memory cells. The method includes identifying a first candidate group of memory cells having an error-generation possibility using a first method for error estimation; identifying a second candidate group of memory cells having an error-generation possibility using a second method for error estimation; and correcting errors in at least one cell commonly included in the first and second candidate groups.