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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2012
Applicants:
Deepak Sridhara, Boulder, CO (US);
Arvind Sridharan, Longmont, CO (US);
Ara Patapoutian, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Deepak Sridhara, Boulder, CO (US);
Arvind Sridharan, Longmont, CO (US);
Ara Patapoutian, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01); H03M 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for re-using a soft decoder involves receiving soft data and hard data from memory cells in a memory device, mapping the soft data to a first set of soft information, mapping the hard data to a second set of soft information, and using the soft decoder to decode both the first set and second set of soft information.