The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2012
Zhen-u Liu, Pingzhen, TW;
Zhen-U Liu, Pingzhen, TW;
Silicon Motion, Inc., Jhubei, Hsinchu County, TW;
Abstract
A method for determining a parity check matrix utilized in a flash memory system is disclosed. The parity check matrix comprises M×N blocks. The method includes generating a first set of candidate blocks as candidates of a first set of blocks of the M×N blocks; calculating a plurality of first estimated results corresponding to the first set of candidate blocks; determining content of a first block of the M×N blocks according to a best result of the first estimated results; generating a second set of candidate blocks as candidates of a second set of blocks of the M×N blocks; calculating a plurality of second estimated results corresponding to the second set of candidate blocks by considering the content of the first block; determining content a second block of the M×N blocks according to the second estimated results.