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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2013
Sandisk Enterprise Ip Llc, Milpitas, CA (US);
Navneeth Kankani, Fremont, CA (US);
Charles See Yeung Kwong, Redwood City, CA (US);
SANDISK ENTERPRISE IP LLC, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
The various implementations described herein include systems, methods and/or devices that may enhance the reliability with which data can be stored in and read from a memory. The method includes obtaining symbol transition information corresponding to symbol read errors identified while reading data from flash memory cells in a flash memory device. The method further includes determining a reading threshold voltage offset, based at least in part on: a plurality of probability values determined from the symbol transition information; a current count of program-erase cycles; and a word line zone value for a word line zone containing the flash memory cells. Additionally, the method includes generating an updated reading threshold voltage in accordance with the reading threshold voltage offset and the current value of the reading threshold voltage.