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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Spansion Llc, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ilan Bloom, Haifa, IL;
Amichai Givant, Rosh Ha'Ayin, IL;
Yoav Yogev, Mazkeret Batya, IL;
Amit Shefi, Givatayaim, IL;
Assignee:
Spansion LLC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1052 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of restoring an ECC syndrome in a non-volatile memory device having memory cells arranged in a plurality of sectors within a memory cell array, the method comprising identifying a first sector including at least one page having a disabled ECC (error correction code) flag; reading the value of all data bits in said at least one page; calculating values for ECC bits in said at least one page; and writing said data bit values and said calculated ECC bit values to a second sector in the memory cell array.