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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:
Aug. 25, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2012
Applicant:

Stec, Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);

Inventors:

Seyhan Karakulak, San Diego, CA (US);

Majid Nemati Anaraki, San Diego, CA (US);

Anthony D. Weathers, San Diego, CA (US);

Richard D. Barndt, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

HGST Technologies Santa Ana, Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/00 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G11C 16/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 11/5642 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G11C 16/28 (2013.01); G11C 2211/5634 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the subject technology relate to a method for reading information stored in a flash memory device. In some implementations, the method can include steps including, obtaining a first read signal of a first cell, wherein the first cell is located in a first word line and a first bit line in the flash memory device, obtaining a programming level of a second cell, wherein the second cell is located in a second word line and the first bit line, and wherein the second word line is adjacent to the first word line. In certain aspects, the method may further comprise steps for obtaining decoding information for the first cell based on the programming level of the second cell. A data storage system and article of manufacture are also provided.


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