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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Silicon Motion Inc., Hsinchu County, TW;
Inventors:
Chen-Yu Weng, Kaohsiung, TW;
Tsung-Chieh Yang, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
Silicon Motion Inc., Jhubei, Hsinchu County, TW;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 29/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1008 (2013.01); G06F 11/1048 (2013.01); G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G11C 16/3404 (2013.01); G11C 16/3418 (2013.01); G11C 2029/0411 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for correcting data bit of at least a cell of a flash memory includes: determining a contributing factor of level distribution corresponding to an electric level of a first cell to generate a first determination result; and, correcting/modifying the data bit corresponding to the electric potential of the first cell according to the first determination result.