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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2014
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Navneeth Kankani, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Mark Allen Gaertner, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Rodney Virgil Bowman, Bloomington, MN (US);
Ryan James Goss, Prior Lake, MN (US);
David Scott Seekins, Shakopee, MN (US);
Tong Shirh Stone, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A first data set is written to first memory units identified as having a higher data reliability and a second data set is written to second memory units identified as having a lower data reliability than the first memory units. In some cases, the second data set may include metadata or redundancy information that is useful to aid in reading and/or decoding the first data set. The act of writing the second data set increases the data reliability of the first data set. The second data set may be a null pattern, such as all erased bits.