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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2010
Applicants:

Nirav P. Dave, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Nils Graef, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Johnson Yen, Fremont, CA (US);

Inventors:

Nirav P. Dave, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Nils Graef, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Johnson Yen, Fremont, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 13/00 (2006.01); G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); H03M 13/09 (2006.01); H03M 13/29 (2006.01); H03M 13/07 (2006.01); H03M 13/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/10 (2013.01); H03M 13/07 (2013.01); H03M 13/09 (2013.01); H03M 13/15 (2013.01); H03M 13/29 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory read-channel is provided with selective transmission of error correction data. The disclosed read-channel improves throughput and reduces power consumption when error correction codes are unnecessary. The data read from a memory device comprises user data, error detection data and error correction data. In one embodiment, the error detection data is evaluated to determine if there is a data error; and the error correction data is transmitted only if a data error is detected. In another variation, the error detection data is evaluated during data transmission to determine if there is a data error and the transmission is suspended if a data error is detected. Typically, the error detection data comprises a cyclic redundancy check and the error correction data comprises parity check data.


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