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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Robert B. Eisenhuth, Boulder, CO (US);
Stephen P. Van Aken, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); H03M 13/15 (2006.01); H03M 13/25 (2006.01); H03M 13/35 (2006.01); H03M 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/10 (2013.01); G06F 11/1012 (2013.01); H03M 13/1515 (2013.01); H03M 13/256 (2013.01); H03M 13/353 (2013.01); H03M 13/356 (2013.01); H03M 13/152 (2013.01); H03M 13/6362 (2013.01);
Abstract
A digital system, components and method are configured with nonvolatile memory for storing digital data using codewords. The data is stored in the memory using multiple bits per memory cell of the memory. A code efficiency, for purposes of write operations and read operations relating to the memory, can be changed on a codeword-to-codeword basis based on input parameters. The code efficiency can change based on changing any one of the input parameters including bit density that is stored by the memory. Storing and reading fractional bit densities can be performed.