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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2009
Harley F. Burger, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Erich F. Haratsch, San Jose, CA (US);
Milos Ivkovic, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Victor Krachkovsky, Allentown, PA (US);
Nenad Miladinovic, Campbell, CA (US);
Andrei Vityaev, San Jose, CA (US);
Johnson Yen, Fremont, CA (US);
Harley F. Burger, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Erich F. Haratsch, San Jose, CA (US);
Milos Ivkovic, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Victor Krachkovsky, Allentown, PA (US);
Nenad Miladinovic, Campbell, CA (US);
Andrei Vityaev, San Jose, CA (US);
Johnson Yen, Fremont, CA (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for soft data generation for memory devices using reference cells. At least one soft data value is generated in a memory device by writing a known data to one or more reference cells; reading one or more of the reference cells; obtaining a read statistic based on the read one or more reference cells; and obtaining the at least one soft data value based on the obtained read statistic. The read statistics can optionally be obtained for one or more desired locations of a memory array; or for a given pattern, PATT, in one or more aggressor cells. The read statistic can optionally comprise asymmetric statistics obtained for a plurality of possible values.