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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2012
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Shayan S. Garani, San Diego, CA (US);
Kent D. Anderson, Broomfield, CO (US);
Anantha Raman Krishnan, Irvine, CA (US);
Guangming Lu, Irvine, CA (US);
Shafa Dahandeh, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Andrew J. Tomlin, San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A data storage system configured to adaptively code data and related methods are disclosed. In some embodiments of the present invention, a data storage system includes a controller and a non-volatile memory array having a plurality of memory pages. The controller includes a channel monitor that determines the quality of read signals from the pages when they are read, and provides adjustment metrics to aid in the selection of a code rate, such as a code rate for a low-density parity-check (LDPC) code. In this way, the code rate used for data encoding can be dynamically adjusted to accommodate degradation of the non-volatile memory array over its useable life.